Notes
CSB
MOTES m THE HISTORY OF THE
CONGREGATIOH OF PRIESTS OF
SAINT BASIL — COLLECTED BY
ROBERT JOSEPH SCOLURD, CSB
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1964
CONTENTS
Curial House, Toronto, Christmas
List, 19o3, and Sunday List,
Feb. 2, 1964 1
St. Basil ^s Novitiate, Erindale,
Christmas List, 1963, and
Sunday List, Feb. 2, 1964 2
St. Basil's Novitiate, Pontiac,
Christmas List, 1963, and
Sunday List, Feb. 2, 1964 3
St. Basil's Seminary, Toronto,
Christmas List, 1963, and
Sunday List, Feb. 2, I964 4
Basilian House of Studies, Roches-
ter, Christmas List, 1963, and
Sunday List, Feb. 2. I964 7
Institute House, Toronto,
Christmas List, I963, and
Sunday List, Feb. 2, 1964 8
Newman Club, University of
Toronto, Christmas List, I963.. 10
University of St. Michael's College
Toronto, Christmas List, 1963,
and Sunday List, Feb. 2, 1964.« 11
St. Michael's College School,
"J^oronto, Christmas List, 1963,
and Sunday List, B'eb. 2, I964.. 15
Michael Power High School, Isling-
ton, Christmas List, 1963, and
Sunday List, Feb. 2, 1964*..«. 19
Contents
Assumption High School, Windsor,
Christmas List, 1963, and
Sunday List, Feb. 2, I964 22
Assumption University, Windsor,
Christmas List, 1963, and
Sunday List, Feb. 2, I964 24
St. Mary's College, Sault Ste.
Marie, Ont., Christmas List,
1963, and Sunday List, Feb. 2,
1964. 28
St. Joseph's High School, Ottawa,
Christmas List, 1963, and
Sunday List, Feb. 2, 1964...*. 29
St. Thomas High School, Houston,
Christmas List, 1963, and
Sunday List, Feb. 2, I964 31
University of St. Thomas, Houston,
Christmas List, 1963, and
Sunday List, Feb. 2, 1964...*. 33
Catholic Central High School,
Detroit, Christmas List, I963,
and Sunday List, Feb. 2^ 1964. 36
St. Mary's 8oys' High School. Cal-
gary, Christmas List, 1963.
and Sunday List, Feb. 2, 1964* 38
St. Francis High School, Leth-
bridge, Christmas List, I963,
and Sunday List, Feb. 2, I964. 40
Content
St. Mark^s College, Vancouver,
Christmas List, 1963, and
Sunday List, Feb. 2, I964 42
L' Institution Secondaire du
Sacre-Coeur, Annonay,
Christmas List, 1963, and
Sunday List, Feb. 2, I964 44
Stw Thomas More College, Saskatoon
Christmas List, I963, and
Sunday List, Feb. 2, 1964 46
Andrean High School, Gar^^
Christmas List, I963, and
Sunday List, Feb. 2, 1964..**. 4^
Aquinas Institute, Rochester,
Christmas List, 1963, and
Sunday List, Feb. 2, 1964..... 50
St. John ^'isher College, Rochester
Christmas List, 1963, and
Sunday List, Feb. 2, I964..... 56
Maison Saint-Basile, Issy,
Christmas List, I963, and
Sunday List, Feb. 2, I964 59
St. Charles College, Sudbury,
Christmas List, I963, and
Sunday List, Feb. 2, 1964..... 60
Father Claude Vincent, Letter,
March 8, 1964* 63
Father Frederick Zakoor, Letter,
January 31, I964...... •..•.... 64
Contents
Father Gerald Gregoire, Letter,
February 6, 1964 *.... 66
Father Paul Meloche, Letter,
February 4, 1964 67
Father Daniel Buras. Letter,
February 27, 19o4...... 69
Father William Young, Letter,
February 5, 1964. 71
Father Edwin Garvey, Letter,
January 29, 1964...*- 73
Father Michel Degldne, Letter,
February 16, 1964 74
Father Samuel Femiano, Letter,
February 27, 1964 7S
Father Arthur ik>berts, Letter,
February 7, 1964 Si
Father Charles Donovan, Letter,
February 23, 1964 S3
Father Joseph Bfeickle, Letter
February 7, 1964...... •.. S5
Father George Northgraves,
obituary notice ••• 87
Father Jean Aboulin, Letter,
January 24, 1900 91
Hotes on the Parish of the Assump-
tion, Sandwich, 1899, by
Father J.J.M. Aboulin 94
Contents
Bishop Caspar Borgess, Letter^^
June 2, 18(J6, entrusting St»
Anne*s Parish, Detroit, to the
Congregation of St. Basil..... 132
Father Francis Forster, Letter to
the Local Superiors of Colleges
December 13, 1923 135
Father Francis Forster, Letter to
the Basilian Fathers in charge
of Parishes, Dec. 15, 1923.... 151
Father Francis Forster, Letter
publishing the decrees of the
1925 General Chapter, October
5, 1925 170
Father Francis Forster, Letter to
Local Superiors, October 30,
1925 172
Father Francis Forster, Letter to
Local Directors of Scholastics
November 1, 1925. 177
Father Francis Forster, Letter to
Local Superiors, December 29,
1926. :. 134
Curial House
CHRISTMAS LIST, 1963
Holy Family Parish,'i'oronto, Bfegr. E.M.
Brennan, P. A., V.G., pastor,
Father Robert Scollard,
Our Lady's Missionary Sisters, Mother
House, Clarendon Avenue,
Father Hubert Coughlin.
RCAF Station, Camp Borden, S/L John A.
Warren, C.S.B., chaplain.
Father John Gaughan.
St. Leo's Parish, Mimico, Dr. L.A.
Markle, pastor.
Father Francis Orsini.
SUNDAY LIST February 2, I964
Our Lady's Missionary Sisters, Mother
House, Clarendon Avenue,
Father Hubert Coughlin.
RCAF Station, Camp Borden, S/L John A
Warren, C.S.B., chaplain.
Father John Gaughan.
St. Basil's Novitiate, Erindale 2
CHRISTMAS LIST, I963
Our Lady of the Airways Parish,
Malton, Rev. H.J. MacMillan, P.P.
Father Edward McLean.
SUNDAY LIST — February 2, I964
Church of the Guardian Angels, Orillia,
Msgr. F.K. Lee, pastor.
Father Edward McLean.
St. Basil's Novitiate, Pontiac
CHRISTMAS LIST, I963
SS* Peter and Paul Parish, North Branch,
Michigan, Rev. Henry W. Keenan, P.P»
Father George Beaune.
Sacred Heart Parish, Aurbum Heights,
Michigan, Rev* Francis X. Diet2,P«P.
Father Stanley Lynch.
St. Augustine Parish, Larchmont, N.Y»,
Msgr. ^homas Deegan, pastor,
Father Edmund Brennan.
SUNDAY LIST — February 2, I964
Sacred Heart Parish, Auburn Heights,
Michigan, Rev. Francis X. Dietz,P.P
Father Stanley Lynch.
St* Basil's Seiainary
CHRISTMAS LIST, 1963
Blessed Sacrament Parish, Ottawa,
Msgr^ J.Lm Lesage, pastor,
Father Leo Sands,
Christ the King Parish^ Long Branch,
Rev. Bernard O'Donnell, pastor.
Father Magee, confessions; Father
W.H. O'Brien, confessions and sub-
deacon at Midnight Mass,
Holy Family Parish, "Toronto, Msgr. E.M»
Brennan, P. A., V.G., pastor.
Father £.P* Magee, deacon at Mid-
night Mass.
Mercer Refoi*matory, Toronto.
Father Terence Foresteil, confes-
sions on Itonday; Father Walter
Principe for Mass on Christmas
Day.
Rosary Hall, -^-oronto. Sisters of
Providence,
Father Elliott Allen.
Sacred Heart Parish, LaSalle, Ontario,
Rev. R.G. Forton, pastor.
Father Ernest Lajeunesse.
St. Basil's ^hurch,^^oronto. Father James
Donlon, C.S.B., pastor.
Father Eugene Malley, preach at
Midnight Mass.
St. Edward's Parish, Willowdale, Most
Rev. F.A. Marrocco, D.D., pastor.
Father E.P. Magee, Masses on
Christmas Day.
St. Basil's Seminary 5
St. Joseph's Convent, Wellesley Street,
Father Louis Bondy.
St. Mark's Parish, Toronto, Rev. G,Jm
Cochran, pastor.
Father Walter Principe, confes-
sions and subdeacon at Midnight
Mass.
St. Teresa of the %idl Jesus Parish^
New Toronto, Rev. M.J. Carroll,
pastor,
Father JohnStapleton.
SUNDAY LIST — February 2, I964
Canadian Mart3rrs Parish, ^oronto. Rev.
P. A. Hendriks, pastor.
Father Leo Sands.
Christ the King Parish, Long Branch,
Rev. Bernard O'Donnell, pastor.
Father Joseph ftuinn.
Holy Family Parish, foronto, Msgr. E.M.
Brennan, P. A., V.G., pastor.
Father Ernest Vadnais.
Mercer Reformatory , Toronto ,
Father Ernest Lajeunesse.
Our Lady of the Airways Parish. Mai ton,
Ontario, Rev. H.J. MacMillan, P.P
Father Ian ^yd.
Rosary Hall, Sisters of Providence,
Toronto,
Father Walter Principe,
St# Basil's Seminary 6
St. Agnes Parish, Toronto, Franciscan
Fathers,
Fathers Timothy Hogan and Donald
Kuder.
St. Ambrose Parish, Alderwood, Rev. A.J.
Desaulniers, pastor.
Father Bernard v/eninger.
St. Basil's Parish, 'Toronto, Father
Jai^s Donlon, pastor.
Fathers Eugene Malley and William
Lee.
St. Edward the Confessor Parish, Willow-
dale, Most Rev. F.A. Marrocco, D.D.
pastor,
FatherEdward Bader*
St. Joseph's Convent, Toronto, Wellesley
Street,
Father Louis Bondy.
St. Leo's Parish, Mimico, Dr. L.A.
Markle, pastor.
Father John Redmond.
St. Mark's Parish, Toronto, Rev. G.J.
Cochran, pastor.
Father James Carruthers.
St. Mary's of the Assumption Parish,
Owen Sound, Father Clifford
Cz*owley, pastor.
Father JohnStapieton.
St. Patrick's Parish, Dixie, Rev. J.S.
Howe, pastor.
Father Cecil Zinger.
Basilian House of Studies 7
Rochester
CHRISTmS LIST, 1963
Our Lady of the Assumption Parish,
Fairport, Rev* Leonard Kelly,
pastor.
Fathers Alfred Graham and Wilfrid
Sharpe*
SUNDAY LIST — February 2, 1964
Our Lady of the Assumption Parish,
Fairport, Rev. Leonard Kelly,
pastor.
Father Alfred Graham,
Institute House
CHRISTMAS LIST, 1963
Our Lady of Grace Parish, Aurora,
Ontario, Rev. M.R. Lynett, pastor,
Father James Daley.
Sacred Heart Parish, Dearborn, Michigan,
Msgr. Walter Hardy, pastor.
Father Reginald 0»Donnell.
St. Agnes Parish, i'oronto, Franciscan
Fathers,
Father Ambrose Raft is.
St. Andrew's Parish, Oakville, Ontario,
Msgr. V.A. Priester, pastor.
Father Laurence Shook.
St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish, Port
Credit, Ontario, Rev. F.X. O'Reilly,
pastor.
Father Harold Gardner.
St. i^nica's Parish, 'Toronto, Rev. B.T.
Madigan, pastor.
Father Michael Sheehan.
St. Paul's Parish, 'Toronto, Rev. G.W.
O'Brien, pastor.
Father Armand Maurer.
Institute House 9
SUNDAY LIST — February 2, I964
Our Lady of Grace Parish, Aurora,
Ontario. Rev. M»H. Lynett, pastor,
Father Harold Gardner.
St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish, Port -
Credit, Ontario, Rev. F.S. O'Reilly,
pastor.
Father Anaand Maurer.
St. Monica's Parish, ^oronto. Rev. E.T#
Madigan, pastor.
Father James Daley.
St. Paul's Parish, ^'oronto, Rev.G.W.
O'Brien, pastor.
Father Robert Grooker.
Newiaan Club, U of T 10
CHRISTMAS LIST, 1963
Canadian Martyrs, Toronto, Rev. P. A
Hendriks, pastor.
Father Francis Mai Ion.
University of St. Michael's U
College, Toronto
CHRISTMAS LIST, 1963
Blessed Sacrament Parish, Toronto,
Msgr. J.Gm Fullerton, pastor,
Father Charles Leland.
Holy Cross Parish, Toronto, Rev# R.S.
Mller, pastor.
Father John Quinn.
Loretto College, Toronto,
Father John Gallagher.
Our Lady of Lasalette, Lasalette,
Ontario, Rev. R.G. Warden, P.P.,
Father Arthur Waligore.
Precious Blood Jfonastery. Toronto,
Father Donald McNeil.
Purification of the B^V.M. Parish,
Lindsays Ontario, Rev. C.J.
Carroll, pastor.
Father Arthur Kim.
Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Parish,
Barrie, Ontario, Msgr. J.M. Clair,
pastor.
Father Brian Hennessey.
St. Anselm's Parish, Toronto, Rev. M.T.
Griffin, administrator.
Father Neil Kelly.
St. Basil's Parish, Toronto, Father
James Donlon, pastor.
Fathers William Gibbons, Kevin
Kirley, and Charles Leland, for
Midnight Mass.
University of St. Michael's 12
College, Toronto
St. Cecilia's Parish, Toronto, Rev.
M.J. McGrath, pastor,
Fathers Robert Madden and Donal
0' Gorman.
St. Charles Parish, Toronto, Rev. T.F.
Hayes, pastor,
Father Gerard Pilecki.
St. Joseph's College, Toronto,
Father Robert Madden #
St. Joseph's Parish, Beaverton, Ontario,
Rev. J.H. O'Heill, pastor^
Father Michael Quealey.
St. Joseph's Parish, Bowmanville,
Ontario, Rev. F.K. Malane, pastor.
Father Ralph MacDonald.
St. Mary's Parish, Brampton, Ontario,
Rev.C.W^ Sullivan, pastor,
Father Bernard Black.
St. Patrick's Parish, Stayner, Ontario,
Rev. P.L. Cahill, pastor.
Father Stanley Kutz.
St. Paul the Apostle Parish, Toronto,
Franciscan Fathers,
Father William Gibbons for confes-
sions.
St. Pius Parish, Toronto, Rev. M.D.
Allen, pastor.
Father Norman Iversen.
University of St. Michael's College 13
St. Vincent de Paul Parish, ^oronto,
Msgr. G.J. Kirby, pastor,
Father Kevin Kirley, for confessions
SUNDAY LIST February 2, I964
Blessed Sacrament Parish, Toronto,
Msgr. J.G. Fullerton, pastor,
Fathers William Gibbons and Charles
Leland*
Holy Cross Parish, -^oronto, Rev. R.S.
Mller, pastor.
Father Arthur Kim.
Loretto College, Toronto,
Fathers Paul Broadhurst and Michael
Quealey*
Precious Blood Jfonastery, ^oronto.
Father David Belyea.
Sacred Heart Church, Hamilton, Msgr.
J.B. Ryan, pastor.
Father Neil Kelly.
Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Parish,
Barrie, Ontario, Msgr. J.M. Clair,
pastor.
Father Lawrence Elmer.
St. Andrew's Parish, Oakville, Ontario,
Msgr. V.A. Piriester, pastor.
Father Richard Donovan.
St. Anselm's Parish, toronto. Rev. M.T.
administrator.
Father Arthur Waligore.
Universitjr of St. Michael's 14
College, i'oronto
St. Basil's Parish, Toronto, Father
James Donlon, pastor ^
Fathers John Gallagher and John M«
Kelly.
St .Cecilia's Parish, -Toronto, Rev.
M.J. McGrath, pastor.
Father Brian Hennessey.
St. Joseph's College, ^^'oronto.
Fathers Ov/en Lee and Gerard Pilecki
St. Mary's Parish, Brampton, Ontario,
Rev. C.W. Sullivan, pastor.
Father Donald McNeil.
St. Michael's College Chapel,
Father Robert Madden.
St. Patrick's Parish, Sta3mer, Ontario,
Rev. P.L. Cahill, pastor.
Father Norman Iversen.
St* Michael's College School 15
Christmas List, I963
Holy Cross Parish, Oshawa, Msgr* P.F.
Coffey, pastor,
Father Arnold Megan.
Immaculate Conception Parish, Toronto,
Franciscan Fathers,
Father Arthur Holmes •
Our Lady's Missionaries, Father Edward
Flanagan •
Peter Claver Convent,
Father Anthony Kelly,
Queen of Peace Villa,
Father Maurice Whelan.
St. Catharines, Ontario,
Fathers Christopher Iredale, Paul
Sheehan, and Neil Smith.
St. Clare's Parish, Toronto, Rev. F.J.
McGoey, pastor,
Fatihers Lawrence Faye, John Egsgard^
Patrick Gornan, Christopher Iredale,
Edward flanagan, Anthony Kelly,
John O'Loane, George Thompson,
Rocco Yolpe, and Maurice Whelan.
St. Eugene's Church, served from St.
Margaret Mary Parish, Rev. M.
Bolan, pastor.
Father George Vander Zanden.
St. James Parish, Colgan, Rev. P.O.
Atallah, pastor.
Father Edward Ronan.
St. Michael's College School 16
St. John Bos CO Parish, Toronto, Rev.
St
D. Pileggi, pastor.
Father Louis Purcell.
. Margaret's Parish, Toronto, Rev<
M. ^olan, pastor,
Father Maurice Taylor.
St. Matthew's Parish, Toronto, Rev. I,.?.
Woods, pastor.
Fathers Albert Butler and Leo
Munnelly.
St. Monica's Parish, foronto. Rev. E#T»
Madigan, pastor.
Father Joseph Penny.
School Chapel, Father Matthew Sheedy.
Ursuline Convent, Father Norman Fitz-^
patxick.
SUHDAT LIST — February 2, 1964
Holy Rosary Parish, Toronto, Rev. V.A.
Thomson, pastor.
Fathers George Thompson and George
?ander Zanden.
Imaculate Conception Parish, Toronto,
Franciscan Fathers,
Father Edward Ronan.
Peter Claver Convent,
Father Lawrence Faye.
St. Michael's College School 1?
Queen of Peace Villa,
Fathex* Paul 3heehan»
St. Bernard's Parish, Toronto, Rev.
A.K. Marshman, pastor.
Father Albert Butler#
St. Clare's Parish, Toronto, Rev. F.J.
McGoey, pastor,
Fathers Anthony Kelly, John
O'Loane ar^ Matthew Sheedy.
St. Eugene's ^hurch, served frora St.
Margaret's Parish, Rev. M.
Bolan, pastor.
Father Louis nircell.
St. John Bosco Parish, Toronto, Rev.
D. Pileggi, pastor.
Father Arnold Megan.
St. Margaret's Parish, '^'oronto. Rev.
M. ^olan, pastor.
Father Arthur Holnes.
St. Matthew's Parish, Toronto, Rev.
|».P. Woods, pastor.
Fathers John Egsgard and Patrick
Gox*£aan.
St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, Toronto,
Rev. F.R. McGinn, pastor.
Father Rocco *olpe.
School Chapel, resident students.
Father Maurice Taylor.
St. Mchael's College School Id
School Chapel, Scholastics,
Father i^laurice Taylor.
Ursuline Convent,
Blather Edward Flanagan
Michael Power High School 19
CHRISTMS LIST, I963
St. Ambrose Parish, Alderwood, Rev.
A.J. Desaulniers, pastor,
Patherg Clare f^alone. ^^^ j^j^
Sulliyan.
St. Benedict's Parish, Rexadle, Rev.
G.B. Breen, pastor^
Fathers Edward O'Reilly and Albert
Williams.
St. Gregory's Parish, Islington, Rev.
H.M. Clark son, pastor^
Father Paul Speck.
St. John Bosco Parish, Toronto, Rev.
D. Pileggi, pastor,
Father John Damato.
St. John the Evangelist Parish, Weston,
Rev. W.R. Morrison, pastor.
St. Josepn's* Convent, Islington,
Father John Stortz.
St. Patrick^s Parish, Dixie, Rev. J.S.
Hov/e, pastor.
Father Francis O'Grady.
Stp i'atrick's Parish, v/ildfield. Rev.
J.E. Lawlor, pastor.
Fathers Paul James and Thomas
i'fclian.
School Chapel, Midnight Mass,
Father Michael Goetz.
Michael Power High School 20
SUNDAY LIST — February 2, 1964
Holy Rosary Parish, Toronto, Rev. V«A«
l^homson, C.S.B., pastor,
Father John Damato.
Nativity of Our Lord Parish^ Etobicoke,
Rev. J.J. Moyer, pastor.
Father Robert Ritz.
Our Lady^s Missionaries, Islington,
Father Edward 0»Reilly.
Our Lady of Peace Parish, Islington,
Rev. P.H. Johnson, pastor.
Fathers John Sullivan, Paul James,
and Albert Williams.
St. Benedict's Parish, Rexdael, Rev.
G.B. Breen, pastor,
Fathers John Mullins and Paul Speck
St. Gregory's Parish, Islington, Rev.
H.M. Clarkson, pastor.
Fathers Francis 0' Grady and John
Stortz.
St. John the Evangelist Parish, Albion,
Rev. V.L. Baker, pastor.
Father Thomas Mohan.
St. John the Evangelist Parish, westoh.
Rev. W.R. Itorrison, pastor.
Father Clare Mai one.
St. Joseph's Convent, Islington,
Father Michael Goeta.
Michael Power High School 21
St. Patrick»s Parish, ^^ildfield. Rev.
J.S. Lawlor, pastor,
Father James Stricklaud*
School Cliapel. Sgholastics,
Father John ullivan.
Assumption High School 22
CHRISTMAS LBT, I963
Christ the King Parish, Windsor, Rev.
P. A. Mugan, pastor,
Father Daniel Coughlin»
Godd Shepherd Convent, Windsor,
Fathers Joseph Dietrich and
Leonard McGravey.
Holy Trinity Parish, Detroit, Msgr.
Clement Kirn, pastor.
Father Grace Agius.
Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Windsor,
Rev.S.A. Nouvion, pastor.
Father Vincent Fullerton.
Our Lady of Mount Carrael Parish, Windsor,
Rev. P.J. Donovan, pastor,
Father Charles Armstrong.
Our Lady of the Rosary Parish, Windsor,
Msgr. W.J. Langlois, pastor,
Father Kenneth Wilson.
St. Patrick's Parish, Windsor, Rev.
D.F. Boyer, pastor^
Father Arthur Looby.
St. Theresa Parish, Detroit, Rev.
Henry Villerot, pastor.
Father Edmund Young.
School Chapel, Scholastics,
Father Thomas Mailloux.
Assumption High School 23
SUNDAY LIST ~ February 2, I964
Christ the King Parish, Windsor, Rey.
?.km Mugan, pastor.
Father Daniel Coughlin*
Good Shepherd Convent, Windsor,
Fathers Joseph Dietrich and
Leonard McGravey.
Holy Trinity Parish, Detroit, Msgr.
Clement Kirn, pastor.
Father Grace Agius*
Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Windsor,
Rev. S.A. Nouvion, pastor.
Father Vincent i*'uilerton«
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Windsor,
Rev. P.J, Donovan, pastor.
Father Charles Armstrong.
Our Lady of the Rosan'' Parish, Windsor,
Msgr. W.J. Langlois, pastor.
Father Kenneth ^ilson.
St. Patrick^s Parish, Windsor, Rev.
D.F. Boyer, pastor.
Father Arthxir Looby.
St. Theresa Parish, Detroit^ Rer.
Henry Villerot, pastor.
Father Edmund Young.
School Cliapel, Resident Students,
Father Ronald Cullen.
School Chapel, Scholastics,
Father ^homas Mailloux.
Assumption University 24
CHRISTMAS LIST, 1963
Assiunption Parish, Windsor, Father J,R#
Janisse, C*S«B«, pastor,
Fathers Donald Faught, Robert
Fehr, John Hussey, Leonard McOann,
Daniel I'^wilvihill, John l^irray,
Williara Nigh, Grordon MacDonald^
and Edward Pappert*
Blessed Sacrament Parish, Windsor,-
Father V.I. Mclntyre, C.S.B.,
pastor,
Father Stanley ^rphy.
Holy Names Convent, Peter Street^
Father John O^Meara.
I.O.D.E. Sanatorium, Rev. F.J. McCarty,
C.S.B., chaplain, attended from
Blessed Sacrament Parish,
Father Ronald Pazik.
St. Angela »s Parish, Windsor, Rev* H.
Rossi, P.S.S.C, pastor.
Father John Murray.
St.Ann^s Parish, Windsor, Msgr. F.J.
Brennan, pastor.
Fathers Francis Boland and
Leonard McCann.
St. Claire's Parish, Windsor, Rev. F.J.
Walsh, pastor.
Father Norbert Ruth.
St. Cyprian's Parish, Wyandotte, Mich-
igan, Rev. J.S. Osmialowski, P.P.,
Father Adrian Record.
Assumption University 25
St. Gertrude* s Parish, St. Glair Shores,
Michigan, Rev. B.R. Crowley, pastor.
Father John Dougherty*
St. Gregory* s Parish, St. Glair Beach,
Ontario, Rev. V.C. Cot^, pastor.
Fathers John Callaghan and
Clarence Drouiilard.
St. John The Baptist Parish, Aaherstburg,
Ontario, Father James Martin, C.S.B.,
pastor.
Father John ^iore.
St. Joseph's ^onvent, Windsor,
Father Daniel Mulvhill.
St. B^Iary's Academy, Windsor,
Fathers Donald Faught and Carlisle
LeBel.
St. Michael's Parish, Windsor, Rev. C.
Mouilion, pastor.
Father Arthur 'i/\feiler.
St. Raymond's Parish, Detroit, Rev.
W.A. Hogan, pastor.
Father Arthur Roberts*
University Chapel,
Father George Kosicki*
Assumption University 26
SUNDAY LIST — February 2, 1964
Assumption Parish, Windsor, Father J.R*
Janisse, C.S.B., pastor,
Fathers Carlisle LeBel, Leonard
McCann, and Adrian Record.
Blessed Sacrament Parish, Windsor,
Father Viator Mclntyre, C.S.B*,
pastor.
Father Stanley Murphy.
Holy Names Convent, Peter Street,
Father Edward rappert.
I.O.D.E. Sanatorium, Windsor^ Father
F.J. McCarty, chaplain, attended
from Blessed Sacrament Parish,
Father Ronald Pazik*
Sacred Heart Parish, Lasalle, Ontario ,
Rev. R.G. Forton, pastor.
Father Edmund McCorkell.
St. Ann's Parish, Windsor, Msgr. F.J*
Brennan, pastor.
Father Arthur Roberts.
St. Clare's Parish, Windsor, Rev. F.J.
Walsh, pastor.
Father Fi^ancis Poland.
St. Cyprian's Parish, Wyandotte, Mch-
igan. Rev. J.S. Osmialowski, pastor.
Father Gordon MacDonald.
St. Gertrude^ s ^arish, St. Clair Shores,
Michigan, Rev. B.R. Crowley, pastor.
Father John Gallaghan.
Assumption University 27
St, Gregory's Parish, St •Clair Beach,
Ontario, Rev.V.C. Cote, pastor.
Father James Keon*
St. Joseph's Convent, Windsor,
Father William High.
St. Mary's Academy, Windsor,
Father John O'Donoghue.
St. Michael's Parish, Windsor, Rev. C
Moullion, pastor.
Father Arthur Vieiler*
St* Rose Parish, Riverside, Ontario,
Rev. C.V. McNabb, pastor.
Father John Hucsey.
Scholastics' Chapel,
Father George Kosicki.
University Chapel,
Fathers John O'Meara and Norbert
Ruth.
St. lory's College 2$
CHRISTMAS LIST, I963 & SUNDAY
LIST February 2, I964.
Blessed Sacrament Parish, Sault Ste»
Marie, Ontario, Rev* W.G. O'Driscoll,
pastor*
Mount St* Joseph Convent, Sault Ste#
Marie, Ontario.
Our Lady of Gk>od Counsel Parish, Sault
Ste* Marie, Ontario, Rev. Q.J.
Murphy, pastor*
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Sault
Ste. i^rie, Ontario, Rev. £• Valor-
osi, pastor.
Precious Blood Parish, Sault Ste. Marie,
Ontario, Msgr* J.J. O'Leary, pastor,
Christinas.
St* Gregory's Parish, Sault Ste. Marie,
Ontario, Rev* T.H* Jackraan, pastor*
St. Jerome's Parish, Sault Ste. Marie,
Ontario, Rev. J*F. Buchheit, pastor*
St. Monica's Parish, Wawa, Ontario,
Rev. J. A* Callaghan, pastor,
Christinas*
St. Joseph's High School 29
CHRISTMAS LIST, 1963
Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish
Ottawa, Rev. V/.F, Tierney, pastor.
St. Basil^s Parish, Ottawa, Father A*
John %th,C.S.B., pastor.
St. Margaret of Scotland Parish, Qlen •
Nevis, Ontario, Rev. L.A. MacDonell,
pastor.
St. Martin de Porres Parish, Bellas
Corners, Ontario, Rev. D.D. Mac-
Donald, pastor.
St. Mary*s Parish, Almonte, Ontario,
Rev. P.F. French, pastor.
St. Stanislaus Parish, Copper Oliff^
Ontario, Rev. J. A. Mulligan, pastor.
Darling, Confessions and three Masses.
Peterborough, Confessions and three
Masses.
SUNDAY LIST — Februan-^ 2, I964
Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish
Ottav/a, Rev. W.F. Tiemey, pastor.
St. Basil's Parish, Ottawa, Father A.
John ^uth, C.S.B., pastor.
St. I^rtin de Porres Parish, Bell's
Comers, Rev. D.D. MacDonald, P.P.
St. Joseph's High School 30
St. Mary's Parish, Almonte, Ontario,
Rev. P.F. French, pastor.
Darling, Confessions, Higl:i Mass and
sermon, class in P.eligious Know-
ledge after Mass.
St. Thomas High School 31
CHRISTMAS LIST, 1963
Ccnacle Retreat House, Rosharon, and
Sacred Heart Chapel, .House Plan-
tation, Father John Sllins, C.S.B
pastor^
Ellington Air Force Base, Father Rene
Vermilion, Auxiliary Parochial
Chaplain.
In carnate Word Academy, Houston.
Incarnate Word Convent, Bellaire.
Sacred Heart Parish, Crosby, Rev. A.J.
Pavelka, pastor.
St. Charles Borromeo Parish, Houston,
Rev. James Welsch, pastor.
St. Christopher's Parish, Houston, Rev»
E.K. Fulkerson, pastor.
St. Francis of ^ssisi Parish, Houston,
Rev. John ummings, pastor.
St. Mary's Parish, Humble, Rev. J.J.
Gordon, O.M.I., pastor.
St. Nicholas Parish, Houston, Rev.
Henry ^ouchie, S.S.J. , pastor.
St. Patrick's Parish, Navasota, Rev.
Joseph Schneider, pastor.
St. Stephen's Parish, Houston, Rev.
Joseph McDermott, O.M.I. , pastor.
St* Thomas High School 32
St. Theresa's Parish, Houston, Rev.
George Rhein, pastor.
SUNDAY LIST — February 2, I964
Cenacle Retreat House, Rosharon, and
Sacred Heart Chapel, House Plan-
tation , Father John Collins,
C.S.B., pastor.
Duchesne Country Day School, Houston.
Ellington Air Force Base, Father Ren6
Vermillion, C.S.B., Auxiliary
Parochial Chaplain.
Our Lady of St. John Parish, Houston,
Rev. L. Peguero, pastor.
Our Lady of Sorrows, Houston, Rey.
Bernard Wagner, O.M.I. , pastor.
Sacred Heart Parish, Crosby, Rev. A.J.
Pavelka, pastor.
St. Charles Borromeo Parish, Houston,
Rev. James Welsch, pastor.
St. Christopher's Parish, Houston, Rev.
E.K. Fulkerson, pastor.
St. Patrick's Parish| llsiywptf.
St. Stephen's Parish, Houston, Rev.
Joseph McDermott, O.M.I. , pastor.
Un5.vers«3ity of St. Thoraas 33
CHRISTMAS LIST, 1963
Corpus Christi Parish, Houston, Rev*
C. Flynn, pastor.
Good Shepherd Convent, Houston.
Holy Cross Parish, Bay ^ity. Rev. C.
Martin, pastor.
Holy Family Parish, Wharton, Rev. L«
Price, pastor.
Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Galena Park,
Rev. P. Harnett, pastor.
Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Eagle
Lake, Rev. A. Didner, pastor.
Our Lady of Loi^rdes Parish, Hitchcock,
Rev.F. ^onner, pastor.
Sacred Heart Parish, Galveston, Rev.
J. O'Sullivan, pastor.
St. Basil's Parish, Angleton, Father
Joseph Shannon, C.S.B., pastor.
St. Frances Cabrinl Parish, Houston,,
Rev. A. Doga, pastor.
St. John the Baptist Parish, Alvin,
Rev. T. Francis, O.M.I. , pastor.
St. Jude's Parish, Highlands, Rev. H.
Paraentier, pastor.
University of St* Thonas 34
St. ^Incent de Paul Parish, Houston,
Rev. J. ^onnolly, pastor.
Shrine of the True Cross, Dickinson,
Rev. A.B. Deslatte, pastor.
University Chapel.
Villa Maria Hospital, Houston*
SUNDAY LIST — February 2, I964
All Saints Parish, Houston, Rev. T.
0» Sullivan, pastor.
Corpus Christi Parish, Houston, Rev*
C. Flynn, pastor.
Good Shepherd Convent, Houston.
Holy Cross Parish, Bay City, Rev.C.
Martin, pastor.
Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Galena Park,
Rev. P. Harnett, pastor.
Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Hitchcock,
Rev. F. Conner, pastor.
St. Anne*s Parish, Houston, Father
Lawrence Lacey, C.o.B., pastor.
St. Basil^s Parish, Angleton, Father
Joseph Shannon, C.3.B«, pastor.
St. Frances Cabrini Parish, Houston,
Rev. A. Doga, pastor.
University of St. Thomas 35
St. Jude's Parish, Highlands, Rev. H.
Parmentier, pastor.
St. Pius Parish, Houston, Rev. A.
O'Connell, pastor.
Shrine of the True Cross, Dickinson,
Rev. A. Deslatte, pastor.
University Chapel.
University House of Studies for Basilian
Scholastics.
Villa de Mat el Convent, Houston.
Villa Maria Hospital, Houston.
Catholic Central High School 36
CHRISTMAS LIST, I963
and
SUNDAY LIST — February 2, I964
Epiphany Parish, Detroit, Rev. Charles
Dohring, pastor,
Father James Rankin •
Guardian Angels Parish, Clawson, Rev,
Lawrence Metj'-siak, pastor,
Father Edward Donoher.
Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, River Rouge,
Msgr. E,J. Glemet, pastor.
Father William Stoba.
Precious Blood Parish Convent.
St. Andrew's Parish, Rochester, Michigan,
Rev. Edward Baumgartner, pastor.
Father Joseph Miller.
St. Bede's Parish, ^outhfield. Rev.
Cyril Keating, pastor.
Father Norbert Clemens.
St. Brigid's Parish, Detroit, Rev*
George Brennan, pastor.
Father Richard Elmer.
St. Christopher's Parish, Detroit, Rev.
Christopher Leahy, pastor.
Father James Enright.
St. Clement's Parish, Centerline, Rev.
Edward T. Murray, pastor.
Father Charles Christopher.
Catholic Central High School 37
Stn Francis d'Assisi Parish, Detroit,
Rev# Joseph Oierut, pastor,
Christraas.
St. Francis dc Sales Parish, Detroit,
Rev. Vincent Griffin, pastor.
Father Joseph Barnes.
St. Hugo's Parish, Bloomfield Kills,
Rev. Edward Foumier, pastor.
Father Francis Tevlin.
St. Linus Parish, Dearborn, Rev. Paul
Hennes, pastor^
Father Jaraes Embser.
St. Monica's ^arish, Detroit, Rev. Robert
J-!alchay, pastor.
Father Patrick Lewis.
St. Peter's Parish (Lithuanian), Detroit,
Rev. Walter Stanievich, pastor,
Father Gerard French.
St. Pius Parish, Southgate, Rev. William
Swift, pastor.
Father Canning Harrison.
St. Suzanne's Parish, Detroit, Rev.
Victor Lorons, pastor.
Father Leo Klosteraan.
School Chapel, Scholastics.
St. Mary* 8 Boys' High School 38
CHRISTMAS LIST, I963
Christ the King Parish, Currie Barracks,
Calgary, Major L.G* Schmidt,
chaplain.
Father Lawrence Moran.
Sacred Heart Parish, Oyen, Rev. B.
Hoschka, pastor.
Father Bernard McCarron.
Sacred Heart Parish, *^trathmore, Rev.
J. Gibbons, pastor.
Father Robert '//hyte.
St. Anthony's Parish, Drumheller, Rev.
J.H. Smith, pastor.
Father Frederick Cahill.
St. Gerard's Parish, Calgary, Msgr. J.
O'Brien, pastor.
Father James Whelihan.
St. James Parish, Okotoks, Rev. £•
Mulvill, pastor J.
Father William Coyle.
St. Stephen's Parish, Olds, Rev. A.
McRae, pastor, "
Father Harold O'Leary.
SUNDAY LIST — February 2, I964
Brothers of Lourdes, Calgary,
Father *^ames Wheliahn.
St, Ma2*y»s ^oys» High School 39
Christ the King Parish, Claresholm,
Rev. S. tolnar, pastor,
Father William Kelly.
Christ the King Parish, Currie Barracks,
Calgai^, Major L^C. Schmidt,
chaplain,
Father Lawrence Moran.
St# Agnes Parish, Car stairs. Rev. J.
Clancy, pastor.
Father Robert Whyte.
St. Cecilia's Parish, Calgary, Rev. S.
Molnar, pastor.
Father Paul Meloche.
St. Stephen's Parish, Olds, Rev. A.
McRae, pastor.
Father Frederick Cahill.
Sacred Heart Convent, Clagary,
Father William Coyle.
Ursuline Convent, Calgary,
Father Bernard McCarron.
St. Francis High School 40
CHRISTMAS LIST, 1963
Holy Family Parish, Femie, B.C., Rev.
Josepn Barnes, pastor.
Father Gerald Gregoire.
Our Lady of the Assumption ^arish,
Lethbridge, Father Roger deBilly,
C.S.B., pastor.
Father John "^iison.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish,
Foremost, Rev. Gerald Gillis, P.P<
Father John "^ilson.
St. Catharine's Parish, Picture Butte,
Rev. John McNamee, pastor.
Father Clarence Watrin.
St. Joseph's Parish, Vauxhall, Rev.
David Andrews, pastor.
Father Howard Keon.
St. Aloysius Convent. Lethbridge,
Faithful Companions of Jesus.
St. Michael s Hospital, Lethbridge,
SisterS of St. Ifertha.
SUNDAY LIST — February 2, I964
Our Lady of the Assumption Parish,
Lethbridge, Father Roger deBilly,
C.S.B., pastor.
Father William Lewis.
St. Francis High School 41
Sacred Heart Parish^ Raymond, Rev. John
Weisgerber, pastor,
Father John Wilson.
St. Aloysius Convent, Lethbridge, Faith*
ful Companions of Jesus,
Father William Lewis.
St. Catherine's Parish, Picture Butte,
Rev. John McMamee, pastor.
Father Clarence Watrin.
St. Michael's Hospital, Lethbridge,
Sisters of St. Martha,
Father Howard Keon.
St. Joseph's Parish. Coalhurst, Rev.
Rupert MfeicLellan, pastor.
Father Howard Keon.
St. Peter's Parish, Milk ^iver. Rev.
Henry Doiron, pastor.
Father Gerald Gregoire.
St. Mark»s College 42
CHRISTMAS LIST, 1963
Notre Dame Convent, Vancouver,
Father Edwin Garvey.
St. Anthony's Parish, Vancouver, Rev.
John Hanrahan, pastor.
Father Francis Firth.
St. John the Baptist Parish, Comox,
Vancouver Island, Rev. J.//.
Tunnes, pastor.
Father Gerald McGuigan.
St. Joseph's Parish. Powell River, B.C.
Rev. John B, CQ^iins, pastor.
Father Michael Oliver.
St. Mary's Church, Vancouver, Rev. P.
0' Sullivan, pastor.
Father James Hanrahan.
SUNDAY LIST, February 2, 1964
Anay Base, Vancouver,
Father Michael Oliver.
St. Anthony's Parish, Vancouver, Rev.
John Hanrahan, pastor.
Father Francis Firth.
St. Mark's Chapel, Students Masses,
Fathers Edwin Garvey and James
Hanrahan.
St. Mary's Parish, Vancouver, Rev. P.
O'Sullivan, pastor.
Father Gerald McGuigan.
St. Mark's College 43
St. "Vincent's Hospital, Forty Hours
sermon,
Father Edwin Garvey.
Institution Secondaire du 44
Sacr^-Coeur, Annonay
CHRISTMAS LIST, 1963
Cheylard (Le), Father Fernand Geneston.
Montreal, Father Jean Roure.
Notre Dame, Annonay, Father Wallace
Piatt.
Roiffeux, Father Michel Deglfene.
Rosidres, Father Georges Reynouard.
St. Etienne de Valoux, Father Charles
Principe.
St. Frangois d^Assisi, Annonay, for
Confessions, Father Michel Degl^ne
St. Julien Molin-I4olette (Haute Loire),
Father Felix Pouzol.
SerriSres, Father Lucien Brot»
Vanosc, for Confessions, Father
Charles Principe.
Vidalon-l&s-Annonay, Father Rene Robert.
Villevocance, Father Jacques Deglesne.
College Chapel, Fatner Marcel Lextrait*
Institution Secondaire du 45
Sacre-Coeur, ^nnonay
SUNDAY UST — February 2, 1964
SerriSres, for the High Mass.
St. Franqois d'Ai^sisi, Annonay, Parish
Mass in the ^ollege Chapel at 8:00
with the same announcements as are
read in the parish church.
St» Thomas Ifore College 46
CHRISTINAS LIST, 1963
Air Force Base, Alsak (Mission from
Sacred Heart Parish, Marengo, Rev.
F. Kolla, pastor).
Father Robert Finn.
Harris (Mission from Sz. Theresa^s
Parish^ Rosetovm, Rev. L.H. Shirley,
pastor,
Father Brian Inglis.
Sacred Heart Parish, Eston, Rev. S.
Rakus, pastor.
Father Francis Bums.
Sacred Heart Parish, Marengo, Rev. F.
Kolla, pastor.
Father Oscar Kegan.
Our Lady Help of Christians Parish,
Milden, Rev. L. Kondziorski, ad-
ministrator.
Father Joseph 0*Donnell.
St. Gerard's Parish, Yorkton, Rev. G.
Gunnip, C.Ss.R., pastor.
Father Patrick Gallagher.
St. John ^osoQ Parish, Saskatoon,
Rev. B. I^rand, pastor.
Father Gregory Mai Ion.
St. Thomas More College Ciriapel,
Fathers Paul Mallon, ^obert Mont-
ague, Thomas Stokes and Peter Swan.
University Hospital,
Father Gregory Mallon.
St. Thomas More College 47
SUNDAY LIST — February 2, I964
Harris (Mission from St. Theresa *s
Parish, Rosetown), Rev. L.H.
Shirley, pasU>r,
Father Oscar Regan.
St. Philip's Parish, Saskatoon, Rev.
D. Jfecgillivray, pastor.
Father Peter Swan.
St. Thomas More College Chapel,
Fathers Francis Burns, Robert
Finn, Gregory Mailon, Paul Mai Ion
and Joseph O'Donnell.
Sisters of Child Jesus Convent, Saskatoon,
Father Thomas Stokes.
Sisters of Mission Service Convent,
Saskatoon,
Father Basil ^llivan.
Sisters of Mission Servide Mother House,
Saskatoon,
Father Robert Jfontague.
Sisters of Service Convent, Saskatoon,
Father Eugene O'Reilly.
Sisters of Sion Convent, Saskatoon,
Father Brian Inglis.
University Hospital, Saskatoon,
Father Patrick Gallagher.
Andrean High School 1^
CHRISTMAS LIST, 1963
SUNDAY LIST, February 2, I964
Blessed Sacrament Parish, Gary, Rey,
Louis Madejczyk, pastor.
Holy Angels Cathedral, Gary, Rev. John
C* Witte, Rector.
Imtnaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Inde-
pendence Hill, Indiana, Rev.
Heman Schoudel, pastor.
Our Lady of Knock Parish, Calumet City,
Illinois, Rev. Michael Neary,
pastor.
Queen of All Saints Parish, Michigan
City, Indiana, Rev. Leonard
Cross, pastor.
Sacred Heart Parish, Michigan City,
Indiana, Rev. Henry Ameling,
pastor.
St. Ann's Parish, Beverly Shores,
Indiana, Rev. Henry Ameling,
pastor.
St. Emeric Parish, Country Club Hills,
Illinois, Rev. Stephen %an,
pastor.
St. Kieran Parish, Chicago Heights,
Illinois, Rev. Joseph McCarthy,
pastor.
Andrean High School 49
St. Luke's Parish, Gary, Very Reverend
H. Jaraes Conway, pastor.
St. Mark's Parish, Gary, Rev. Alvin
Jasinski, pastor.
St. Mary's Parish, Park Forest, Illinois,
Rev. Henry ^likening, pastor.
St. Mary of the Lake Parish, Gary, Very
Reverend Ferdinand Melevaga, pastor.
SS. Peter and Paul Parish, Gary, Rev.
John Beckman, pastor.
Sisters of Sts. Cyril and Methodius
Convent, Andrean High School.
Aquinas Institute 50
CHRISTMAS LIOT, I963
Annunciation Parish, Rochester, Rev.
Albert Simmonetti, pastor,
Fathers David Heath, Joseph
O^Reilly and Norman Roy.
Blessed Sacrament Parish, Rochester,
Msgr. Thomas Connors, pa stor.
Father John Whitley.
Holy Angels Home, Rochester,
Father Cyril Carter.
Holy Rosary Parish, Rochester, Msgr.
Charles Shay, pastor.
Fathers Michael Biondi and Charles
Donovan .
Mother of Sorrows Parish^ Rochester,
Rev. Daniel 0*Rourke, pastor,
Fathers James Cross, Edward Doser
and Iiawrence Carney.
Nazareth Hall Academy, Rochester,
Father Albert Gaelens.
Precious Blood Parish, Rochester, Rev.
Sebastian Contegiacomo, C.PP.S,
pastor,
Father Francis Grescoviak.
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Rochester,
Bidiop Lawrence Casey, Rector,
Fathers Francis Kelly and John Ware.
Aquinas Institute 51
St. Andrew's Parish, Rochester, Msgr.
Eckl, pastor,
Fathers John Cherry and Leonard
Cullen.
St. Anne*s Parish, Rochester, Msgr.
William Naughton, pastor.
Father William Brown.
St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Rochester,
Rev. Michael Tydings, pastor.
Father John Neary.
St. Cecilia's Parish, Rochester, ReT.
Bernard Hewcomb, pastor,
Father Roy Oggero.
St. Charles Borromeo Parish, Rochester,
Msgr. Robert Keleher, pastor.
Fathers Peter Etlinger and Leon Hart
St. Francis Xavier Parish, Rochester,
Msgr. Patrick Moffat, pastor.
Fathers Francis Boehm and Robert
Chauvin.
St. Helen's Parish, Rochester, Rer.
John B. Sullivan, pastor.
Father John Spratt.
St. James Parish, Rochester, ReV.
Francis Feeney, pastor.
Fathers Allen Genca and Fredrick
Wajda.
St. John the Evangelist Parish, Greece,
Rev. Donald Lux, pastor.
Father Cyril Udall.
Aquinas Institute 52
St. John the Evangelist Parish, Hum-
boldt Street, Rochester, Msgr.
Charles Boyle, pastor.
Fathers Lawrence Carney and
Frederick Wajda.
St. Leo's Parish, Hilton, Rst. Jacob
Rauber, pastor.
Father William Brown.
SS. Peter and Paul Parish, Rochester,
Rev. Robert Fox, pastor.
Father William Schreiner.
St. Rita's Parish, West Webster, Rev.
Francis Kleehamraer, pastor.
Fathers Thomas Dugan and Robert
Klea.
St. Salome's Parish, Point Pleasant,
Rev. Idward Eschrich, pastor.
Fathers William Marceau and Robert
Chauvini and Father Norman Roy.
St. Theodore's Parish, Rochester, Msgr.
Dennis Rickey, pastor.
Father Thomas Miller*
St. ThoBB3 the Apostle Parish, Rochester,
Msgr. Richcird Burns, pastor.
Fathers Michael Biondi and Albert
Gael ens.
Aquinas Institute 53
SUNDAY LIST, February 2, I964
Aquinas Residence Cliapel, Community Mass^
Father Fergus Sheehy.
Annunciation Parish, Rochester, Rev#
Albert Simmonetti, pastor,
Fathers Joseph O^Reilly and Norman
Roy.
Blessed Sacrament Parish, Rochester,
Msgr, Thomrts Connors, pastor.
Father John Whitley.
Holy Angels Home, Rochester,
Father Cyril Carter.
Holy Family Parish, Rochester, Msgr.
George Schmitt, pastor.
Father David Heath*
Holy Ghost Parish, Rochester, Rev#
Albert Geiger, pastor,
Father Leonard Cullen.
Holy Rosary Parish, Rochester, Msgr.
Charles Shay, pR stor.
Fathers Michael Biondi and Charles
Donovan.
Holy Trinity Parish, Webster, Rev.
Raymond Keisel, pastor.
Father James Cross.
Mother of Sorrows Parish, Rochester,
Rev. Daniel 0*Rourke, pastor.
Fathers John Cherry, Edward Doser
and John Ware.
Aquinas Institute 54
Nazareth Hall Acaderay, Rochester,
Father Francis Boelim.
Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, Ro-
chester, Msgr. Leo Smith, pastor,
Father John Ware.
Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Rochester,
Msgr. Leslie Whalen, pastor.
Father Williara Brown.
St. Andrew's Parish, Rochester, Msgr.
George Eckl, pastor,
St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Rochester,
Rev. Michael Tydings, pastor.
Father Thomas Dugan.
St. Cecilia's Parish, Rochester, Rev.
Bernard Ncwcomb, pastor.
Father Roy Oggero.
St. Charles Parish, Rochester, Msgr.
Robert Keleher, pastor.
Father Leon Hart.
St. Francis Xavier Parish, Rochester,
Msgr. Patrick Moffat, pastor.
Father Robert Chauvin.
St. Helen's Parish, Rochester, Rev.
John B. ^ullivan, pastor.
Father John Spratt.
St. James Parish, Rochester, Rev.
Francis Feeney, pastor.
Father Allen Genca.
Aquinas Institute 55
St. John the Evangelisst Parish, Greece,
Rev. Donald Lux, pastor,
Fathers Peter Etlinger and Cyril
Udall.
St. John the Evangelist Parish, Humboldt
Street, Rochester, Msgr. Charles
Boyle, pastor.
Father Lawrence Carney.
St. Michael's Parish, Lyons, Msgr. John
Neary, pastor.
Father John Heary.
SS« Peter and Paul Parish, Rochester,
Rev. Robert Fox, pastor.
Father Lawrence Schreiner.
St. Rita's Parish, West Webster, Rev.
Francis Kleehsimmer, pastor.
Father Norbert Reuss.
St. Salome's Parish. Point Pleasant,
Rev. Edward Eschrich, pastor.
Father Frederick Wajda.
St. Theodore's Parish, Rochester,
Msgr. Dennis Hickey, pastor.
Fathers Thomas Miller and Norman
Roy.
Sxrnday off for Fathers Albert Gaelena,
Francis Grescoviak, Francis Kelly
and Robert Klem.
St. John Fisthsr College 56
CHRISTMAS LIST 1963
Mercy High School, Rochester,
Father Peter Sheehan*
Monastery of the Discalced Carmelite
Nunrs, Pittsford,
Fathers Leo Klem and Leo McGrady.
Our Lady of Loiirdes Parish, Rochester,
Msgr. Leslie Whalen, pastor^
Fathers Gerald Dillon and Michael
Sosulski.
Queen of Peace Parish, Rochester, Rev#
James Slattery, pastor.
Father Gareth Poupore»
St. Anthony Piirish, Cortland, Rev. Carl
Denti, pastor.
Father Donald McCarthy.
St. Dominic* s Parish, Shortsville, Rev.
John Woloch, pastor.
Father John Poluikis.
St. Francis Parish, Phelps, Rev.
Edward Simpson, pastor^
Father Frederick Black.
St. Joseph's Parish, Cainillus, Rev.
Thomas Guyder, pastor.
Father Joseph Dorsey.
St. Louis Parish, Pittsford, Rev. John
Reddington, pastor.
Fathers Robert Miller and John
Ruth.
St* John Fisher College 57
St, Patrick* 3 Parish, Macedon^ Rey.
Charles McCarthy, pastor.
Father Joseph Trovato.
St. Thomas tore Parish, Rochester, Rev.
Francis Pegnam, pastor.
Fathers Daniel Burns, John Cavanaugh^
Leo Hetzler and Charles Laveiy.
SUNDAY LIST — February 2, 1964
Monasteiry of the Discalced Carmelite
Nuns, Pittsford,
Father Leo KcGrady.
Nazareth Motherhouse of the Sisters of
St. Joseph, Rochester,
Father Robert Miller.
Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Rochester,
Msgr. Leslie Whalen, pastor.
Father John Cavanaugh.
Queen of Peace Parish, Rochester, Rev.
James Slattery, pastor.
Father Frederick Black.
St. Dominic's Parish, Shortsville, Rev,
John V/oloch, pastor.
Father Donald McCarthy.
St. Joseph^s Parish, Penfield, Rev.
John Malley, pastor.
Fathers Daniel Burns and Peter
Sheehan.
John Fisher College 5^
St. Louis Parish, Pittsford, Rev. John
Reddington, pastor,
Father Harold Perry.
St. Thomas More Parish, Rochester, Rev*
Francis Pegnam, pastor.
Fathers Leo Hetzler and John Ruth.
St. John Fisher College, Students Mass,
Father Joseph Trovato.
Maison Saint-Basile 59
CHRISTMAS LIST, 1963
St. Bruno's Parish, Issy-les-Moulineaux,
Father Samuel Feraiano.
S. Franqois de Sales Parish,
Father Conrad Wieczorek.
SUNDAY LIST — February 2, I964
St. Bruno's Parish, Issy-les-Moulineaux^
Father Samuel Feminao.
St. Charles College 60
CHRISraAS LBT, 1963
Our Lady of Mercy Parish, Coniston,
Rev* 0. Campeau, pastor.
Fathers Peter Mosteller and Basil
Glavin.
Our Lady of Peace Parish, Gapreol,
Rev. H.A. O'Neill, pastor.
Father Donald Furlong.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish,
Sudbury, Rev. H.R. Brennan, pastor.
Father Claude Vincent.
St. Alexander Parish, Chelmsford, Rev.
G.J. Sullivan, pastor.
Father Leonard Thompson.
St. Andrew's Parish, Sudbury, Rev. E.T.
Kennedy, pastor.
Father Hodgson Marshall,
St. Bartholomew's Parish, Levack, Rev.
J.M. Wells, pastor.
Fathers Wilfrid Janisse and Claude
Vincent .
St. Clement's Parish, Sudbury, Msgr.
C.J. Salini, pastor.
Father Peter Hosteller.
St. Michael's Parish, Creighton Mine,
Rev. J.E. Regan, pastor.
Father Thomas Lawlor.
Naughton, Mission of St. Christopher's
Parish, Whitefish, Rev. J.M. Hompes,
Father Leo Reilly.
St. Charles College 61
SUNDAY LIST — FEBRUART 2, I964
General Hospital, Sudbury,
Father Donald Furlong.
Marymount College, Sudbury,
Father Basil Glavin.
Naughton, Mission of St. Christopher's
Parish, Whitefish, Rev. J.M. Hompes,
pastor.
Father Thomas Mctteavy.
Our Lady of Mercy Parish, Coniston, Rev.
0. Campeau, pastor.
Father John Crowley.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish,
Sudbury, Rev. H.R. Brennan, pastor.
Father Hodgson Marshall.
St. Andrew's Parish, Sudbury, Rev. E.T#
Kennedy, pastor.
Father Leonard Thompson.
St. Clement's Parish, Sudbury, Msgr^
C.J. Salini, pastor.
Father Thomas Lawlor.
St. Michael's Parish, Creighton Mine,
Rev. J.E. Regan, pastor.
Father Ralph Koehler.
St. Patrick's Parish, Sudbury, Rev.
P.O. Theriault, pastor.
Father Peter Mosteller.
St. Charles College 62
St. Stanislaus Parish, Copper Cliff,
Rev. J .A. Mulligan, pastor.
Father Leo Reilly.
School Chapel. Scholastics' Mass,
Father Wilfrid Janisse.
Father Claude Vincent 63
March 3, 1964*
St. Charles College
258 Pine Street
Sudbury, Ontario.
Dear Father,
Here are the records you
asked for. Sorry for the delay. We
start exams this week. Our teams are
doing fairly well — Fr. Marshall's
especially. We are awaiting the ap-
pointments and wondering what the
changes will be — with the usual
number of rximours floating around,
^here is a possibility os some changes
being done to the chapel this summer —
nothing too definite as yet. So long
for now.
Yours in Christ
Claude .
(Letter from Father Claude Vincent to
Father Robert Scollard in answer to a
request for the I963 Christmas List of
St. Charles College and the Sunday List
for February 2, 1964« Original deposited
in the Gneral Archives)
Father Frederick Zakoor 6k
January 31, 1964.
St* Mary's College
i^ilson and Wilcox
Sault Ste. Marie,
Ontario
I hope this is what you are looking for
and that you can read through my typing.
We have not delved into the new liturgy
as yet. Several of our priests already
have permission to read their office in
English beginning Feb. 16th. We are
still waiting for our official trans-
lation of Basilian prayers from you.
Nothing has been done with our chapel
as yet but I still have hope. We are
very cautious when it comes to change
and to spending money.
Father Moe Taylor will be here in the
first week of Lent to preach the stud-
ents retreat. The skiing is terrific
if you desire to join us in the winter
sports.
Sorry to say that Fr. Carr has no direct
impact in the Sault so there is nothing
to send you on him.
All are well.
In ^hrist,
Fred*
Father Frederick Zakoor 65
January 31, 1964.
(letter from Father Frederick Zakoor,
St. Mary*s College, to Father Robert
Scollard at the Curial House, for\^ard-
ing the Christinas List, 1963, of St.
Mary's College and the Sunday List of
February 2, 1964« At the same time he
was asked if there was any information
about Father Henry Carr around St.
Mary's College. Original deposited in
the General Archive sT
Father Gerald Gregoire 66
St. Francis High School
Lethbridge, Alberta,
February 6, I964.
Dear Fr« Scollard,
Both Ghrietmas list
and Feb. 2 were very heavy. Last Sun-
day saw a couple of priests away on a
holiday, thus asked for help. *'his is
somewhat unusual.
Everything is going
well here. The weather is like summer.
It was 53 the day before yesterday. Fr.
Lewis' hand is responding but will need
daily therapy for quite some time. He
was very fortunate*
Hope you are well.
Yours in Christ,
Gerry Gregoire.
(Letter from Father Gerald Gregoire,
Superior of the Basilian Residence at
St. Francis High School, Lethbridge,
to Father Father Robert Scollard at the
Gurial House, forwarding the Christmas
List for 1963 and the Sunday List for
February 2, I964. Father William Lewis
had cut his arm in an automible accident
just before Christmas, hence the refer-
ence to his recovery. Original deposited
in the General Archives)
Father Paul Meloche 6?
February k, 1964 •
BASILIAN FATOERS
181S First St.S.E.
Calgary, Alberta
Dear Father Scollard,
News of Father McGuire^s death
came as a shock. Four of us had him
for Novice-Master. We knew that he
hadn't been in top shape but Bernie and
I had seen him at Christmas and had
brought back reasonably favourable
reports. He was an ideal priest to
break in raw recruits. His quiet, un-
assuming yet observant way made you
want to learn about religious life —
how to live and how to adapt yourself
to its demands — a silent example.
I enclose your request. Kelly
and I were not in Calgary to make the
Christmas list. I was on "loan" to
the Windsor district. I regret not
having had the opportunity of making
much more than an acknowledging nod
when I saw you. I had planned on going
over to the Curial House — there were
matters to discuss — but as it turned
out, the Conference kept me busy. I
shall have to discuss these matters
with the Visitor.
It is unfortunate that we are not
fflore in contact with headquarters (some
consider this a blessing). Admittedly
we are far and our problesm may not ap-
pear to be so terribly important on the
Father Paul Meloche 6S
February 4, 1964 •
surface, as compared with those which
exist in our other houses, but they are
nevertheless of quite some significance
and concern, and cannot be ignored.
Very shortly they will require some
needed attention. For years we have
been the house of least concern and
possibly with the least headaches. But
like the others we too have been sowing
and \:e are now starting to gather some
of the fruit. It is not all Grade A.
The Novices seem to be holding on.
Please God, the Scholastics will do like-
wise. It was good returning among them
during the Christmas holidays. I didn't
visit either Novitiate, but I did cir-
culate among the Scholastics both in
Toronto and Windsor. The Conference
drew in many from the other houses.
We are enjoying good health and
good weather. We dare not hope that the
weather is here to stay — after all,
February is just beginning.
Sincerely in Christ,
Paul
(Letter of Father Paul Meloche, St.
Mary's Boys' High School, Calgary, send-
the Christmas List for I963 and the Sun-
day List for February 2, I964, to Father
Robert Scollard, Curial House. Original
deposited in the General Archives)
Father Daniel Burns 69
February 2?, 1964.
ST. JOHN FISH £31 COLLEGE
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK I46I8
Deqr Bob,
Sorry to have been so long in
replying to your request for Sunday and
Christmas lists. Big reason is that I
am a procrastinator at letter writing*
Everything is going pretty well
here. All are well except Father McGrady
is having some trouble with his tongue.
He says it is not serious, but some
surgery must be done soon. It seems to
me that anything like that is pretty
serious.
The classroom and faculty-office
building is progressing according to
projected plans, although all the work
has been underground so far. The steel
is expected to be going up soon. The
gyra is beautiful and serving a greatly
needed purpose. It is just vdiat the
boys needed to use up their extra energy.
Ward Hall seems to be functioning very
well. I think the House of Studies is
about finished.
We shall be awaiting your lists
with trepidation and excitement.
Regards to all the confreres.
Father Daniel Burns 70
February 27, 196/v.
Sincere]^ yours
Dan Bums, CSB.
(I^etter from Father Daniel Burns, St.
John Fisher College, Rochester, sending
the Christmas List for I963 and the
Sunday List for February 2, I964, to
Father Robert Scollard at the Curial
House. Original deposited in the
General Archives.)
Father William Young 71
February 5, 196if
UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS
3SI2 Ifentrose Boulevard
Houston $, Texas.
Dear Father Scollard,
Sorry that I did
not answer your letter sooner but Father
Caird was away at San Antonio for a
liturgical convention and I had to await
his return to obtain the Christmas list
from the local archives. I hope the
attached list contains all the inform-
ation you desire. If not, let me know.
I did not think you would be interested
in what Basiiian went where, so I did
not include it.
Everyone is well
here. We were sorry and shocked to hear
of Father Mc^uire's death. He was cer-
tainly a good priest and a gentle soul.
I imagine that your boss has returned
by now; we tried to keep him here as
long as we could.
The weather is
cool but at least the sun has returned ♦
The last few days have been miserable —
nothing but rain. We haven't had snow
in four years.
Best wishes.
In Christ,
Bill Y.
Father William Young 72
February 5, 1964.
(Letter from Father William J. Young,
University of St. Thomas, Houston,
sending the Christmas List for 19o3 and
the Sunday List for February 2, 1964,
to Father ftobert Scollard at the Curial
House. The reference "your boss" is to
the presencein Houston of the Superior
General, Father Joseph Wey, making a
visitation of the Houses in Texas •
Original deposited in the General
Archives)
Father Edwin Garvey 73
January 29, 1964.
ST. MARK'S COLLEGE
5960 Chancellor Blvd
Vancouver 8, B.C.
Dear Bob:
We would be happy if you would
get a marker for Father Carr's grave and
forward the bill to St. Mark's.
I am enclosing the lists as
requested. I can see that some old
records would be interesting — for in-
stance I would like to see some old
lists for Assumption hands in the 20's
and 30*s.
We had a very successful Church
Unity meeting last Sunday. Was sitting
between Bishop Gower (Anglican) and
Archbishop Duke and think they were
both a bit mystified by the whole affair.
McLuhan and Harley Pasher from
Ontario Museum are staying here this
week. Robert Speaight just left this
moiTiing.
Everyone seems to be quite busy
here but no particular news.
^^^rery best wish
Ed
(Letter from Father Edwin C. Garvey, St.
Mark's College sending the Christmas List
1963 and the Sunday List, Feb. 2, 1964,
to Father Robert Scollard at the Curial
House)
Father Michel Degl^ne 74
February 16, 1964*
INSTITUTION SECONDAIRE
DU SACRE-COEUR
ANNONAY (ARDECHE)
Dear Father Scollard,
I should have written you a long
time ago, and this for several reasons:
in the first place to thank you for the
news you give me from time to time and
which I appreciate very, very much; in
the second place I should give you the
informations you asked for.
Well, Father, I hope everyone is
well at the curial house. It must be
quite a busy period for you with the
spring meetingc of the general council,
and you will be still more burdened if
preliminary appointments come on March
?• Here, we just received Fr. Fisch-
ette's letter and some are already
thinking and talking about the visi-
tation.
I see that recently we lost two
confreres, who had by their dedicated
lives made quite a contribution to our
community. Of course, I am referring
to Frs. Carr and Mc^uire. I hope there
are not too many other confreres who
are not well. Here in Annonay each one
seems to be well and busy like in any
other school. As for me, I find my job
of pref ecting hard on my nerves and on
my stomach.
Father Michel Deglftne 75
February 16, 1964^
You asked for a list of the work
we did for Christmas and February 2nd.
As for the last date I have bo mention
that here in France it does not seem to
be an important feast, which would re-
quire extra help in a parish. Ordin-
arily we do parish work only for major
feasts, that is: November 1st, Christmas,
Holy Week and Easter, a little bit for
Pentecost, August 15th.
"J^his year one priest goes to
SerriSres each Sunday to sing High Mass.
Moreover there is a parish mass (for
the parishioners of St. Francis* Parish)
in the school's chapel, each Sunday at
S.a.m. i'his is all the work we do regul-
arly on Sundays, '^hit is what was done
on Feb. 2nd.
Regarding the parish mass at the
school. Many new constructions appeared
around the school. People living in
them belong to St. Francis parish, and
their number seemed to indicate a new
church and parish should be created.
Because of the expenses involved and of
the priests needed our Bishop simply
invited them to come to Mass to our
school vfhich is the nearest spot for
them. He asked us to celebrate a "par-
ish" mass for them each Sunday. Announ-
cements made at the Mass are the same
which are made at St. Francis. One more
thing: our boarders mix with the people
for that mass, they do not sit in a
Father Michel Degl^ne 76
February 16, 1964*
special spot but they spread themselves
all around with the congregation.
Now regarding parish work done
for Christmas. Fr. Roune had no parish
work, Fr. Celette was away, Fr. Marcou
is chaplain some place, Frs. Mazet and
^pitalon are, of course, too old.
Fr. Robert, Vidalon-l^s-Annonay
(confessions only). Fr. Pouzol, St.
Julien Molin-Molette (Haute-Loire) . Fr.
Brot, Serri^res; Fr. Re^mouard, Rosi^res
(home parish); Fr. Geneston, Le Cheylard;
Fr. Piatt. Notre Dame. Annonay; Fr. Roure,
ffontr^al {home parish) ; Fr. Lextrait,
college du S-C; C. Principe, Vanosc
(confessions) et St. Etienne de Valoux;
J. Deglesne, Villevocance; H. DeglSne,
St. Frangois d* Annonay (confessions)
et Roifffeux.
Well, dear Father there is what
you asked for. If you need more inform-
ations just ask and it will be a pleasure
for me to give whatever I can. I must
write to Fr. Wey in a short time since
I have not been able to find the neces-
sary books for my junior priest's exam
(and this in spite of the fact that I
had Sam looking for the books in Paris.)
1 am ending up now Father. Bfey
^od bless our entire congregation and
your work.
Father Michel Degl^ne 77
Februaary 16, 1964 •
Yours in our Lord,
M. Degldne, C.S.B.
In your last letter you were talking
about la S.A«V.I.R»M. It is a very
big bus factory. It was first started
by a business man from Annonay, who at
the start didn't have a penny* His
name was Jean Besset* He went into
bankruptcy right after the war; the
factory was taken over by an association*
It was sold soon to another and so forth
two or three times* Finally it got into
the hands of the SAVIEM which is con-
nected with RENAULT* ^ince then it has
taken large proportions; many new build-
ings have been set up, new employees*
Because the highway was right in the
middle of the factory, a new highway
was constructed next to the factory as
well as an underground tunnel to connect
the different parts of the factory*
(Letter from Father Michel Deglfene,
L^ Institution 3econdaire du Sacre-Coeur,
Annonay, sending the Christmas List for
1963 and the Sunday List for February
2, 1964, to Father Robert Scollard at
the Curial House* Original deposited
in the General Archives)
Father Samuel Femiano 7^
February 27, 1964.
Dear Father Scollard,
The Vademecums, ikile and Consti-
tutions arrived this morning. Thank you
very much -— Fr« Prince sends his thanks •
Thank you also for taking care of the
Directory 1964* Thank you also for the
note on spending. I realized this al-
ready or at least I suspected it but
there are complications. I think it will
settle soon and stay there.
Sunday work: Christmas — St. Bruno,
a parish a few blocks from the house, one
priest (confessions).
Feb. 2. ditto.
1 am the only one who goes out
regularly although at Christmas Conrad
helped a parish S. Francois de Sales with
an evening Mass and a Sunday Mass later^
as far as I can remember. (I checked with
him and the above is correct).
1 am sorry about the exam but I
guess I must not have mentioned putting
it off. I will take it in June since
the time was not long enough with all
the things that happen to allow me to
prepare as I should and also to give me
a break. I really have not had a real
let-up in a long time. This exam hang-
ing over my head is rather a nuisance.
At the moment all is going well and I
will have it prepared for June without
Father Samuel Femiano 79
February 27, 1964.
too much trouble.
I haven^t forgotten your interest in
drop-outs but it has been a question
of time more than anything else. I
shall get to it.
All is moving along at a normal pace.
Bud is preparing for his orindation and
has the liturgical side just about taken
care of. Fortunately his brother Larry
is doing most of what has to be done
from Lhat side of the water. I started
German. I think I must have mentioned
this to you. Since my siimmer plans fell
apart this will allow me to catch up and
put me back on schedule. It isn't
terribly occupying — really amounts to
going to class, ^m enjoying it very
much in the bargain.
Mother and Dad are coming over for Easter
Since my brother is alone (his v/ife went
home with the children at Christmas and
won't come back since he is coming home
himself soon) they decided to visit us
together for the holiday. I hope to take
Easter week off to see relatives in
Italy. Fortunately Don has a house where
they can stay so it will be very conven-
ient from all points of view and econom-
ical in the bargain. I am rather looking
forward to seeing them again.
We are still waiting for the appointments
when they come. Rumors are rampant as
you no doubt know and all contradictory
which makes it more amusing.
Father Samuel Femiano 80
February 27, 1964.
Nothing new en the house. We are with-
out TV too for a while since they are
installing the second channel — a real
operation over here. There is a difference
of wave lengths or something.
Please tell Johnny Gaughan that I shall
write as soon as I have something to
write about — the construction. We are
fine otherwise, "^hank you again.
In Christ
Sam
(Letter firom Father Samuel Feminao,
Maison Saint-Basile, Issy-les-Moulineaux,
sending the list of Sunday work, February
2, 1964, and the Christmas List 1963, to
Father Robert Scollard, Curial House.
Original deposited in the General
Archives)
Father Arthur ^berts 61
February 7, 196if
ASSUr^TION UNIVERSITY
400 Huron I*ine
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Dear Father,
Enclosed are the lists you asked
for. Mr. Langlois won^t have his plans
ready until Wednesday, the 12th. We* 11
probably drive .up Wednesday afternoon
for a meeting Thursday a.m.^
We've been very busy. The finan-
cial arrangements with the University
of »/indsor are quickly shaping up. The
Financial Report is ready and we will
bring it with us on Wednesday. The site
for the new Administration Bldg. is
clear and work has begun on it.
My artist friend, Yosef Drester,
has finished his work on the Chapel in
^ody Hall. He also gave us a large
painting for the Lounge and Mrs. Coyle
bought one of his large sculptures for
the lounge. His work is really unusual.
The scholastics would like to have him
do their new chapel*
The main chapel is liked by most
people. The stations will arrive next
week. The important thing is that it
has set the pace for the new liturgical
look and everyone in the Diocese who is
thinking of renovations is coming to
see what we have done. The Bishop likes
Father Arthur Roberts 62
February 7, 1964*
it, i.e. Carter and Nelligan# The cost
was higher than estimated, but we^ve
done a lot more than originally planned
See you next week*
Art Roberts •
(Letter from Father Arthur Roberts,
Treasurer at Assumption University, to
Father Robert Scollard, Gurial House,
sending the Christmas List for 1963 and
the Sunday List for February 2, 1964.
Original deposited in the General
Archives) •
Father Charles Donovan
February 23, I964.
BASILIAN FATHERS
402 Augustine Street
Rochester, ?!•!• I46I3
Dear Bob:
Jack and myself are somewhat hazy
as to v/hat happened 44 years ago. I
know where each one daid Mass but I am
not sure of the names of the altars.
Here is what I believe was the arrange-
ment*
Main Altar
Fr. Welty
B.V.M. St. Joseph
Fr. Spratt Fr. Mc^-aiire
St. Basil Sacred Heart
Fr. J. "^ullivan Fr. Donovan
Was ver>^ sorry to learn of Dan
Forestell's recent trouble. I hope they
have caught the limit of the gangrene,
and it doesn't climb any higher. He has
had a bad time of it and humanly must
be very discouraged. He surely needs
our prayers. The confreres here are in
the main healthy. Ferg, of course, has
his good days and bad, but manages to
remain cheerful enough. Jack Spratt
has trouble sleeping but otherwise seems
to be in good physical condition. He
goes skating occasionally and that is
Father Charles Donovan Bk
February 23, I964.
something for a 73 young fellow. Vfy
leg tourble keeps about the same. It
is just a bloody nuisance. Very little
pain. Gus and Cy are able to keep the
diabetes under control.
There is very little to report re
the school. Aquinas students received
24 Regents* scholasrships with 21^, more
gaining alternate standing. The teach-
ers are not too happy with the results
as McQuaid received 2? in a senior class
only half as large as ours. It always
hurts some of the fathers to come off
second to the Jesuit School. They may
get their revenge when Aquinas and
McQuaid clash in the Diocesan tournament
on Mar. ?• If we can't beat them in the
mental, maybe we can in the physical*
Remember me to the confreres es-
pecially Dan Forestell. If I am able
to shake off my characteristic lethargy,
I shall drop him a note.
Sincerely,
Your confrere,
C* Donovan.
(Letter from Father Charles Donovan,
Aquinas Institute, to Father Robert
Scollard, Curial House, giving inform-
ation about the First Low Mass of his
ordination class on March 1, 1920, in
the Chapel of Assumption College.
Original deposited in the "General Archives)
Father Joseph Muckle <5
February 7, 1964.
321 Taylor Street
Hollywood Beach,
Florida 33020
Dear Father Scollard,
thanks very much for your letter
and the enclosure. Father Mc^ire
lived about thi-ee or four years after
the severe heart operation. The doctors
tell me that is about as long as they
go. I had a cousin who had it two or
three years before Father McGuire and
he died last year. I never heard of
Father Famy. Father Roume is not tell-
ing all he knows unless you, yourself
know about him more than you wrote me.
Why did he go back to France? Because
the Bishop over there died, unless it
is because the Bishop v/as his own Ord-
inary. Years ago the Propagation of
the Faith was in Lyons, France, and
the French Government used it to pro-
mote French culture and influence in
other lands, but fifteen years ago the
Bishops of the U.S. sent Bishop Conroy
as a spokesman to Rome to tell the Holy
Father that the office of the Propag-
ation of the Faith had to be in Rome
before the Bishops of the U*S. would
get fully behind it. It was done. It
was through the influence of the French
Government that so many bi^ops and
priests came over to this country and
to Canada to work among peoples who
were not predominanatly French. It
Father Joseph Muckle 86
February 7, 1964-
aroused feeling on the part of the
Gerraans .and the Irish of the districts
concerned. That was t-he case with
Bishop Charbonnel in toronto and Bishop
Dubois in Galveston. They both resigned
eventually because of the non-support
they got from priests and people.
Father Faiay came to Tampa, a district
v/here there never has been many French
and he probably did not find himself at
home among the Irish, Gorman anci Spanish
peoples of his parish and so went back.
I am quite well and the weather
is beginning to got like Spring. I
suppose Father Wey is back by this time.
I v/onder if Joe Rivard has a bad case
of diabetes. Father Forestell is having
a great deal of sickness.
The Bishop who v/as here in Father
Famy*3 time had been consecrated as
Bishop of Savanah. His name was Verop
and he v/as a French Salpician, I suppose
He was appointed from Savannah to be
Bishop of St. Augustine and died here.
Kindest regards to all.
Father Tluckle.
(Letter from Father Joseph Jackie, spend-
ing the winter in Florida, to Father
Robert Scollard, Curial House, replying
to news of Father Mc^uire's death and
giving information about Father Jean ?•
Famy, G.S.B. Original deposited in
the General Archives.)
Father Goerge Northgraves S?
FATHER NORTHGRAVES
Our Oldest Aluzsnus
London, Ont,, April 25.-— Injuries sus-
tained some days ago in a fall resulted
this afternoon in the death at St.
Joseph's Hospital of Rev* Father George
Richard Northgraves, the oldest Roman
Catholic priest in America, and a cleric
who shared with Cardinal ^ibbons the
distinction of being the only man in
America who in 1869-1870 attended the
Vatican Council in ftorae, at which the
doctrine of Papal Infallibility was
defined*
Father Northgraves was the author of
»Mi stakes of Modem Infidels", written
while he was parish priest at ParkhiU
in 1885, in answer to the teachings of
Father George ?lorthgraves 6B
Robert Ingersoll. The coBBnended itself
to persons of «'ill denominations and was
known throughout America •
He was bom at Ottawa, then known as
Bytown, on February 23, 1S34. In 1^52,
when St» Michael *s College was but two
weeks old, he enrolled as a student.
He was ordained at Toronto in 1^57, sub-
sequently, until i860, being a professor
on St. Mchael^s College staff at |80 a
year, ^hereafter he was rector of St»
Michael's, and his contributions to the
pre-Confederation discussion of Separate
Schools attracted great attention. His
ability as a theologian resulted in his
selection for attendance at the Vatican
Council.
He was appointed Dean at Barrie in I873f
Father George Northgraves 89
and in 1874 was removed to London to
become rector of St. Petards Cathedral|
where he continued for three years* He
was made pastor of Wyoming in 1877 •
From 1890 till 1910 he was editor of
the Catholic Record, and continued as
a contributor until the infirmities of
age compelled him to cease active work
in April, 1918.
Father Northgraves had the distinction
of having witnessed the celebration of
Mass in 1839 by Si shop MacBonell of
Kingston, the first Roman Catholic
Bishop of Upper Canada. — From the
Toronto Globe, April 26.
^r^
A man without practical gifts, he had
many rare talents. As a mathematician
Father George Northgraves 90
he excelled, having discovered new sol-
utions to a number of problems. He v/as
an able theologian, a keen controversial-
ist. The scriptural references in
Butler* s catechism are an evidence of
his close knowledge of the Bible.
A humble man of studious habits, Father
Horthgraves will be best remembered by
the narrow circle of his intimate friends
(Transcribed from the Year Book of St*
Michael's College, Vol. 10 (1919) p. 52)
Of. M»V. Kelly: Remarked in Passing ^
(Toronto, 1934) p. 73
Father Jean Aboulin 91
January 24, 1900.
ST. BASIL'S MO\riTIATE
Toronto
Rev. & Dear confrere.
In answer to yotir
favor of the 21st, I send you a copy of
my "Notes on the parish of Sand'^vi ch" ,
which I have been enabled to revise and
complete by some important scraps of
information which I obtained from Fr.
Jones, S.Jm, last summer, when he pre-
sided at the historical exhibition. I
advise you to peruse the minutes of the
meetings of the Mfeirguillers , in the old
archive book of the church, during Fr.
Hubert's administration and later be-
ginning in 17^2. I dorft know whether
you would gain much by sifting the
papers I left, which are all in the old
MarFiuiller's box. There is no record
at the church of the transactions be-
tween the bishops of Toronto or London
and the government, if there were any
arrived at. Neither is there any
authentic document of donation. I had
the original of the Survey, signed by
the Indian chiefs inl785 or 17§6, if I
mistake not. Prehome borrowed it from
me and handed it to Mr. Paterson, the
present lieutenant-governor of Mani-
toba. The latter admitted having it,
but I never called at his office to
recover it. Fr. Remi Ouellette has the
act of donation, I believe, no matter
how he came in possession of it. I
Father Jean Aboulin 92
January 24, 1900*
could ask him for a copy of it. This
much is sure. The Jesuits sold out all
the land given to them by the Indians.
The land now owned by the Church and
that which was bartered away by Bishop
Pinsonneault, was given to Fr. Hubert.
When he left to put on the Quebec mitre,
he gave that land to the Church, as you
will see by the archive book in the
minutes of his time or of the time of
his successor. No bishop, before Bishop
Pinsonneault , treated that property as
diocesan property. Surely ^ishop de
Charbonnel would have sold some of it,
if he had thought he had the right, when
he had to go around his vast Diocese to
collect, and he collected in Sandwich,
all through the parish. I was told that
when Bishop Pinsonneault sold the
greatest part of it, and that, for
twelve dollars and a half an acre, Fr.
Ra3mal, parish priest of the Cathedral,
resigned his office rather than to sign
the deed. The revenue of the property
always accrued either to the parish or
to its incumbent. Sometimes when I
spoke to the people of the scanty sup-
port we got, they would tell me that we
had the revenue of the farm.
If Bishop McEvay wants to prove a friend
to us, he should relieve us from the
charge of keeping three pupils for the
Diocese, because the charge is an unfair
one. If we have the labor of the parish,
we ought to get the revenue of the par-
ish. When Bishop Walsh leased the prop-
erty to the coimaunity, Fr. Vincent
Father Jean Aboulin 93
January 24, 1900,
should have objected to the charge, and
represented to him that, as pastors of
the aprish, the Basilians had the right
of getting the revenue of the farm» But
perhaps it is for the benefit of the
parish Bishop McEvay wants to sell that
front; in that case, we ought to be
satisfied, I hope it is so.
All well here. I am glad to hear that
you are well and have an increase in
the number of your pupils.
I remain. Rev. k dear Confrere
Very respectfully yours in Xto
J.J.M. Aboulin.
(Transcribed from the original in the
General Archives)
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NOTES ON THE PARISH OP THE
ASSUMPTION, SANDWICH
This Parish is situated on the left bank
of the Detroit River, in the extreme
western section of the County of Essex.
It has forced part successively of the
Dioceses of Quebec, Kingston and Toronto
and is now one of the most flourishing
parishes in the Diocese of London. For
a time. Sandwich was the See of the
last-named Diocese* In the second
quarter of the last century, some French
colonists came over from Detroit to
settle in that place, to which they gave
the name of La Point e-de-Montr6al: until
its division, in IS03, the parish was
called the Assumption of la Pointe-de-
Montreal, or l*Assomption du Detroit*
Its origin is connected with a mission
Notes on the Parish of Assumption 95
of Hurons or Wyandtts, which was founded
in 1728, by Father Armand de la Rich-
ardie, a Jesuit. Where was the first
seat of that mission? In Betroit, or
at Point of Montrea? Although certain
fflen, well-versed in the history of the
country pretend that it was in the
latter place, all documentary evidence
is in favor of Detroit, as we will
show presently.
In 1721, Father Charlevoix visited De-
troit, which he reached by way of Lake
Eirie. He says in his Journal: ... '^Be-
fore arriving at the fort, which is at
the left hand, one league below the
island of Ste. Calire (so he calls the
now Belle Isle), there are to be found
on the same side two villages ..• the
first is inhabited by the Hurons Tion-
lo -
%x^?i^'...
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nontatez ... On the right, a little
farther up, thei^e is a third one of
Outaouais". A map published in 1744
to accompany his Journal, shows the
villages in the same places. In 1727 t
the Hurons of Detroit asked for a mis-
sionary. In a letter of Father Nau to
Father Bonin, Oct. I6th, 1735, we read
the following passage which while it
bears \fitness to the zeal and success
of the missionary informs us with pre-
cision of the locality where he labored:
"I said that there were no other chris-
tian Htirons than those of Lorette, —
seven years ago effectually there were
no others, but Father de la Richardie
found the means of bringing together in
Detroit all those scattered Hurons, all
of whom he has converted. The mission
nixmbers six hundred Christians.
Notes on the Parish of Assumption 97
Another valuable document is a letter
in Latin, of Father de la i^ichardie
himself, addressed to his general. In
it the Father says that the sacred
edifice is hardly large enough for the
multitude of the Christians, (meaning
the savages), although it is seventy
cubits long. Seventy cubits makes 105
feet. The letter is dated June 23rd,
1741 • Who ever pretended that there
was at that date a church of that size
at Point of Jtontreal? Indeed there are
no proofs that there was then and there
any church at all.
Lastly, there is on record an agreement
entered into in 1733 between Father de
la Richardie and a certain Jean C^cile,
a gunsmith, by which the latter was to
do all the work in iron necessary for
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the church and the mission described
as being situated in Detroit. Surely
the town of Detroit and the neighbor-
hood offered more advantages to a gun-
smith than the embryo settlement of
Point of Montreal • But let us resume
our little narrative.
In 1742, the Huron village was removed
to Bois-Blanc Island opposite the pres-
ent town of Amherstburg, and in Septem-
ber 1744, an assistant came to Father
de la Richardie in the person of Father
Pierre Potier. This help was indeed
opportune, for in the spring of 1746,
Father de la Richardie was attacked Irith
paralysis and in consequence, he had to
retire to Montreal in July of the same
year.
Notes on the Parish of Assumption 99
He had scarcely left, when grave trouble
arose, which threatened both the mission
and colony with complete ruin. At the
instigation of the English, the Hurons,
who had till then lived in friendship
with the French, rose in revolt against
them. Chief Nicholas was at the head
of the malcontent savages who committed
many outrages. On the 20th of May, 1747,
they killed five Frenchmen at Sandoske
or Sandusky, and contemplated nothing
less than a massacre of all the French
soldiers and colonists of Detroit. An
Indian woman having fortunately dis-
covered the secret purpose of the rebels,
revealed it to the Sieur of Longueil,
commander of the post. This revelation
proved the salvation of the colony.
Father Potier, however, in order to save
3!"^^ '.\
Motes on the Parish of Assumption 100
his life, was obliged to leave the
village of Bois-Blanc and to seek shel-»
ter inDetroit* Longueil was after a
time enabled to send to Quebec a depu-
tation from different tribes under the
guidance of the Sieur de Belles tre, to
confer with the Governor, de la Galis-
soniere. Great must have been the in-
fluence of Father de la Richardie over
the Hurons: for we find this deputation
pleading earnestly for his return, on
the ground that he alone was able to
pacify the rebellious tribes. The
venerable missionary, notwithstanding
his infirmities, left by order of his
Superior to follow Bellestre to Detroit,
where the party arrived on the 20th of
October, 1747. "^he Governor, in his
instructions to M. de Longueil urged on
Notes on the Parish of Assumption 101
hiia to procure as speedily as possible
the re-establishment of Father de la
Richardie's mission; but, for greater
safety, it was fixed at Point of Kbn-
treal, as was also the Huron village
in I74S.
Father de la Richardie remained at Point
of Montreal, until the 7th of September,
1750 • He then followed a detachment of
Hurons who had left the place and went
as far as the Vermillion River. On the
25th of July, 1751, he signed a contract
with Nicolas-Franqois Janis, a mason in
Detroit. Shortly after he left for
Quebec where he was a witness of the
first vows of a scholastic, and never
returned to Detroit. However, Mr. John
Gilmary Shea says that in 1757, he led
Notes on the Parish of Assumption 102
a pa:Pty of Hurons to Sandusky and closed
his honored and laborious career among
the Illinois in 175^.
At Point of Montreal the Hurons made
him a gift of a parcel of land of forty
arpents in length and of considerable
width, but vfithout any written title.
Nineteen years later, 1767, Father
Potier was forced to sell the greater
part of this land to meet the debts of
the mission, '^^his he did on the author-
ization of Father de Galpion, Superior
at Quebec. In 1780, he sold the remain-
der, retaining only two small lots,
which stretched from the River to the
coulee. On the front lot were the
house and garden of the missionary, as
well as the church and cemetery of the
Notes on the Parish of Assumption 103
mission; on the rear lot were the house
and garden of the sexton* The land now
owned by the Church was donated by the
Indian chiefs to Father Hubert, succes-
sor of Father Potier.
Thus far we have spoken of the Huron
village. Let us now speak of the French
Parish, The French settlers of Point
of Montreal continued after the removal
of the Huron village, to belong to St.
Anne's in Detroit. Nevertheless, they
were allowed to attend the Huron chapel^
aiKi to receive the Sacraments in it. In
proof of this there is a list kept year
by year by the missionary of the French,
who performed their Easter duty there.
In 1760 they appear to have been put in
charge of the missionary. But in 1767,
r.' ur:i/.;,f-M I J
^u ^ikI
Notes on the Parish of Assumption 104
the mission including both French and
Indians was erected into a parish, un-
the name, as vre have said above, of
l*Assomption de la Pointe de Montreal,
or I'Assomption du Detroit* Father
Potier remained in charge of it until
his death, which occurred on the l6th
of July, 1781 • This sad event was the
result of a fall by which his skull was
borken* He was seventy three years old,
of which he had spent thirty seven in
the service of the mission. He had won
among his people the reputation of a
saint and so great was his influence
over the Hurons that he prevented them
from joining with the other Indian
tribes in the rebellion of the famous
chief Pontiac, in I763.
Notes on the Parish of Assximption 105
Father Potier was thoroughly conversant
with the Huron language of which he
wrote a dictionary and, I believe, a
grammar. When he died, a successor
could not be given him of his society,
for it had been suppressed a few years
before by Clement XIV. Secular priests
mostly employed in attending to the
settlers, knew little or nothing of the
Indian language. The consequence was
that Father Potier* s death a fatal blow
to the evangelization of the Hurons.
Some days after the death of Father
Potier, the Church wardens deputed two
of their number to wait on the Bishop
of Quebec and ask for the appointment
of a successor to their deceased pastor <
^he Bishop accordingly sent the Rev. M.
to'1
Notes on the Parish of Assumption 106
Jean Franqois Hubert, who had at first
the care of the two parishes, that of
St. Anne's havin^^ just become vacant.
The next year he devoted himself to the
task of building a new church. Of this
good work he was himself the princi^l
benefactor, contributing of his own
means the princely sum of six hundre
pounds. This church subsisted until the
present one. It was built en pieces sur
pieces > according to the style of build-
ing then used. It was situated on the
south of the old church, on the land
given to Father Hubert. At the right
of the new church was built the pres-
bytery which is still extant. It was
occupied for a few years by the Ladies
of the Sacred Heart, and is now the
ordinary residence of the sexton. To
Notes on the Parish of Assumption 10?
this building was attached a large room
wherein the parishioners gathered to
warm themselves in the cold season be-
fore the beginning of the Divine Offices
At the left was erected, a short time
after, the chapel of the dead, at the
very entrance of the new cemetery.
Herein were laid the bodies of the dead
brought from a distance, a great relief
to the sexton, in whose house they had
till then been kept.
The new church was the object of a
special favor from Pope Pius VI. This
was a plenary indulgence to be gained
twice a year, once on the Friday after
the octave of Corpus Chris ti, feast of
the Sacred Heart, and again on the feast
of the Assumption, the patronal feast
of the parish. The original indult
Notes on the Parish of Assufflption 103
conferring the privilege^ bearing the
date of February 5th, 17^6, is preserved
in the archives of the parish.
The Rev. M, Hubert however, was no
longer at Point of Montreal. He had
been named coadjutor of Mgr. d^Esglis,
Bishop of Quebec, and succeeded that
prelate in 178S. He died in 1797.
After his departure the parish of the
Assumption was for a year under the care
of the Rev. M. Frechette, parish-priest
of St. Anne's. He was succeeded by
Rev. M.F.X. Dufaux, who was pastor for
ten years. The present church is yet
in possession of a handsome pulpit, the
work of a French sculptor named Fr^rot.
It was erected in 1792. Nothing more
need be said of the administration of
Father Dufaux, except that on the 9th
f«5'
Notes on the Parish of Assumption 109
of September, 1787, he entered into an
arrangement with the Huron chiefs,
whereby a portion of the church was to
be set aside exclusively for the Indians
This was but a just acknowledgment of
their generous contributions towards
its erection.
Where are now the six hundred Hurons,
Catholics of Father de la i^ichardie?
The nation has been dismembered. BotaB
have moved to distant places: some will
occupy for some time the reserve of
Anderdon, fourteen miles below Sandwich,
Along the river. Deprived of special
attendance since^ there are no more
Jesuits, little by little they fall
away. For many 3rears they will yet
congregate at Sandwich to celebrate
Notes on the Parish of Assumption 110
with great pomp the feast of the Assump-
tion and hold their legendary picnic on
the church grounds • But in less than a
century, scracely any remnant of the
Huron race will be found in Canada or
elsewhere, and the good old chief White
will end his days saying with sorrow:
•'And I am the last."
The name of Father Dufaux is singed for
the last time in the records on the 8th
of September, and next his burial is
recorded over the signature of Father
Levadoux, a Su^pitian, parish-priest of
St. Anne's, -^his fact leads to the
conclusion that his death was unexpected
and perhaps sudden. T^he Rev. Edmund
Burke, Vicar-General, who resided at the
Riviere aux Raisins, now Jfonroe, attend-
ed the mission till the following Christ-
Notes on the Parish of Assumption 111
mas. On that auspicious festival, the
faithful of the Assumption had the joy
of wlecoming to their midst a zealous
and distinguished priest, who for over
26 years was to exercise the holy min-
istry among them. This was the Rev.
Jean-Baptiste Marchand, a priest of St.
Sulpice and Director of the College of
Ifontreal.
The year 1801 was rendered memorable by
the vist of Mgr. Denaut, Si shop of
Quebec, who confirmed in the church of
the Assumption no fewer than five hun-
dred persons, ^he largeness of this
number is not surprising when we con-
sider that this was the first episcopal
vi station since that of Mgr. de Pont-
briand in 1755 • Besides, the population
was fast increasing. While in 1773,
'xo
Notes on the Parish of Assumption 112
according to the census foirnd in the
Cominion Archives it hardly reached
350; another census taken in 1790, gives
861. What it was at the opening of the
present century no document enables us
to tell. The parish of the Assumption
was the only one in a territory now
forming several dioceses. The settlers
were scattered all along the £>etroit
River, Lake St. Clair, and a few on the
River Trenche, called since by the Eng-
lish, the Thames. In 1803, two new
stations were established, one at St.
Pierre on the Thames, and the other at
Maiden or Amherstburg. The mother-
church, the Assumption of Sandwich, as
we will hereafter call it, was the place
of residence of the pastor, who for many
years had to attend either in person or
Notes on the Parish of Assumption 113
through his curate, whenever he could
obtain one, the two new stations. How-
ever, St. Pierre was visited but twice
in the year. The first curate given to
Father Marchand was Father Gatien, of
Quebec. He came to Sandwich in 1801
and remained five years. Father Joseph
Crevier arrived in ldl6, a few months
after the visit of Mgr. Plessis.
Here we may be allowed to relate a pain-
ful incident of Father Marchand 's pas-
torate. The facts are nearly a centui^'
old, and we shall suppress the names.
Besides, the property has passed into
other hands. It has been said above
that when Father Potier sold the remnant
of the mission land, he reserved two
lots on which were the church, priest's
garden and house, the cemetery and the
sexton's house and garden. By an over-
Notes on the Parish of Assumption 114
sight the reservation was not mentioned
in the deed: however, the buyer signed
a renunciation to those lots, which is
to be seen in the registers of the city
of Detroit. Father Marchand had been a
few years in Sandwich, when the purchas-
er of the land, a rmn whose administra-
tion as a church warden had provoked
serious complaints, fenced in the lots
with the rest of his property. Father
Marchand and the church wardens suied
him and the case was pleaded in Joronto.
But none of them likely, knew of the
renunciation, as about twenty five years
had elapsed since the sale of the land:
anyhow, the renunciation was not opposed
to the usurper, so that being with a
legal title, he won the suit and was
confirmed in his possession. Father
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Marchand is said to have foretold him
that this usurpation of the church
property would bring a curse upon his
family. As a matter of fact^ his des-
cendants made ever since a rather poor
figiire, both for thrift and respect-
ability.
Father Marchand died on the l6th of
April, 1825 • His memory was held in
lifelong veneration by those who had
been his parishioners. His remains
remains rest with those of Father Potier
and Father Dufaux under the nave of the
church, not far from the communion
table. He was succeeded by his curate.
Father Grevier.
Through the solicitude of the new pastor ,
some Grey Nuns came to take charge of the
Notes on the Parish of Assumption 116
girl^s school and there was question of
building a convent, but the project
fell to the ground and the Nuns left
the parish with the exception of Sister
Raizenne who afterwards eneded her life
in Sandwich, not vfithouting endearing
herself to the population. Father Cr6-
vier had to contend with many difficul-
ties which- it is not our purpose to re-
late: not the least of them was the
apostasy of his curate, vrho for half a
century led a life of scandal in the
very centre of the parish.
Education in those days was very much
neglected, owing to the indifference of
the people. There is in the parochial
archives a letter of Bishop Mac^onell
of Kingston, in which he reproved them
Notes on the Parish of Assumption 117
severely for that indifference, telling
them that in consequence they will be-
come the hewers of wood and the carriers
of water of those who had come to the
country in the condition of adventurers
and beggars. He vras not far from
uttering a prophecy.
Rev. Angus Macdonell, parish-priest of
St. Raphael's, Glengary, succeeded
Father Crevier in 1831. He held the
position of pastor of Sandwich for twelve
years. He was, however, absent for three
years, during which time he was replaced,
first by Father Yvelin, and afterw^^rds
by Father Morin. Fathers Hay and Sch-
neider also served at Sandwich during
the pastorate of Father Angus MacDonell.
Notes on the Parish of Assumption lid
The old church was now falling to ruins:
from the time of Father Grevier the
necessity had been felt to build a new
one, and steps so far taken to that
effect that the stone for the foundation
had been procured. Father MacDonell
commenced the erection of a handsome and
spacious edifice, the walls of which
were almost completed when he left the
mission in the hands of the Jesuits •
One of the first acts of Bishop Power's
administration was to restore to the
Society of Jesus jjhe field of labor won
to the ^hxirch bh the apostolic zeal of
Fathers de la Hichardie and Potier a
century before •
The coming of the Jesuits changed the
face of things at Sandwich* They had
Notes on the Parish of Assumption 119
at their head a man who, besides a rare
talent for organization, was possessed
of an ardent zeal, a rare gift of per-
suasive eloquence, and the heart of an
Apostle, '^his was Father Pierre Point*
The Jesuits arrived in Sadwich on the
31st of July, 1643 . Father Point had
for his assistants at different times
Fathers Nicholas Point, his older
brother, DuRanquet, Chazelle, Jaffre,
Menet, Ferard, Grimot, Conilleau, and
Mainguy. God alone knows the good
these religious accomplished during the
sixteen years of their apostolate.
The new church was now rapidly pushed
to completion, the sanctuary excepted,
and was opened for divine worship in
the beginning of January, 1346. The
main altar, of considerable value, was
Notes on the Parish of Assumption 120
presented by the fishermen. Over it
was placed a good copy of Murillo^s
Inunaculate Conception, by Plamondon.
Mr, Charles Baby and Col. Rnakin don-
ated an organ, the cost of which ex-
ceeded two thousand dollars* Near the
church a modest dwelling was erected
for the Fathers.
The next work to which they were eager
to turn their attention was education,
which had been, as we remarked above,
woefully neglected. Besides creating
elementary'' schools in the various sec-
tions of the parish, the better to fight
the demon of ignorance, and t>o give to
youth the facilities for a higher edu-
cation, religious and secular, they
built a college which was opened in 1S57
Notes on the Parish of Assumption 121
Five years before, the Ladies of the
Sacred Heart had opened an e stablish-
ment in Sandwich, iinder the superior-
ship of the able and saintly Mother
Henriette de Kersaint. But they remained
only seven years, leaving for London,
amidst the universal and indeed justified
sorrow of the Sandwich people.
In 1856, the Diocese of Toronto was di-
vided. Out of its western portion was
formed the Diocese of London, whose first
Bishop I*fer. Pinsonneault, obtained the
removal of the Episcopal See from London
to Sandwich, and went to reside in the
latter place towards the close of the
summer of I859. The good people of
Sandwich extended a hearty welcome to
their first pastor; but their joy was
shortlived, for the coming of the
,«•» .-4 '^
Notes on the Parish of Assumption 122
Bishop was closely followed by the de-
parture of the Jesuits.
Every Jesuit is well aware that bearing
the Divine Master* s Name, he must expect
to share his treatment. Eviction,
either in a mild or a brutal form, is
an ordinary occurrence in the history
of the Jesuits. It never brought luck,
or to use a more Christian word, bless-
ing upon its authors: the present case
was no exception.
The beloved Fathers tore themselves from
their people whom they never ceased to
love tenderly and in whose hearts their
memory was never to die. Father Point
spent some years in Quebec and the re-
mainder of his life, about twenty-five
years, in Montreal. He lived to celebrate
Notes on the Parish of Assumption 123
the seventieth year of his priesthood,
unable for a long time to do active
service, owing chiefly to extreme deaf-
ness, but in the estimation of his
brethren, more pov/erful by his prayers
than they by their labors. The saintly
Father died in September 1696 in the
ninety-five year of his age#
Bishop Pinsonneault appointed rector of
the cathedral, Father Joseph Raynel, a
post which he occupied two years; later
on he entered the Society of Jesus and
died suddenly in Montreal, under the
absolving hand of Father Point. Some
of his successors were men of rare tal-
ent, such as Father Joseph Gerard who
died parish-priest of Belle River,
Father Joseph Bayard, V.G. of London,
and Mgr. Laurent now parish-priest of
nl ¥.
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Notes on the Parish of Assumption 124
Lindsay. At their head was the inde-
fatigable Vicar General Bruy^re, who
also received in the course of time the
well deserved honor of the prelature*
The Grey Nuns were called to Sandwich
by Bishop Pinsonneault but remained
only a short time. The ^ishop himself
resigned his See in December, 1866. He
retired to Montreal and there he died
in 1883 • I>uring his sojourn in Sandwich,
a vast amount of work was done to em-
bellish the church grounds and to con-
vert the parochial residence into an
Episcopal Palace. Enormous sums of
money were expended on a structure far
more fantastic than substanital. It
lasted thirty years, after which it be-
came an absolute necessity to level it
to the ground, that leaky mass of build-
Notes on the Parish of Assumption 125
ings, in order to put up in their stead
the present handsome and commodious
presb3rbery.
•^he new Bishop, Mght Rev. John Walsh,
was consecrated on the 10th of November,
1867» After only two months residence
in Sandwich he took his departure for
London, and a decree of the Holy 3ee
dated October 3rd, 1869 > transferred
again to that city the Kpiscopal See of
the Diocese.
But the wise prelate did not fail to
realize what benefit his Diocese could
derive from the college built in Sand-
wich by the Jesuits. The location was
excellent, although the edifice was of
samll dimensions. This establishment
had passed through many vieissitudes.
' '-y- mii
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Notes on the Parish of Assumption 126
It was at that time conducted by Mr.
Theodule Girardot, an experienced teach-
er possessed of a true love and a re-
markable practical sense of education.
Re is yet and has been for nearly thirty
years inspector of Public Schools.
Bishop Walsh called upon the priests of
St. Basil to take charge both of the
parish and the College. On the l8th of
September, I87O, they assumed the direc-
tion of the parish, which Dean Laurent
resigned into their hands, and the Col-
lege was opened by them at the same time
The leader of the new staff was a young
priest of great promise, and he has kept
all he promised. This was Father Denis
O'Connor. Under his superiorship, the
college rose to such a degree of pros-
perity that it became necessary to en-
Notes on the Parish of Assumption 12?
large its buildings, first in 1875, and
still more in 1883« After twenty years
of successful labor, Father O'Connor
was raised to the Episcopal See of Lon-
don, and thence to the Metropolitan See
of Toronto, upon which may he be spared
and blessed for many years.
At the Church, Father O'Connor built in
IS74 the tower and spire, and the sanc-
tuary. Improvement in the interior were
in 1882; stained glass windows were put
in and the following year stations of
the cross in oil paintings were acquired
In 1887 a very elaborate stone altar was
erected. Father O'Connor was represen-
ted in the service of the parish by
Father Aboulin for twenty- three years,
assisted for over fourteen years by
Father Faure, an aged and very worthy
bttM
^m
SM'i
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priest who, when no longer able to per-
foriH his functions, went to end his days
in France • Fathers Mazenod, Gery, and
B. Granottier collaborated also success-
ively in the attendance of the parish*
Moreover valuable help did not cease
to be given by the priests of the Col-
lege, '^he present Superior of the Col-
lege is Father Daniel Gushing, who
maintains it in a state of prosperity*
The parish-priest is Father Semande to
whose untiring zeal is due an admirable
progress in piety and the reception of
the Sacraments. The first months of
his service were marked by the acquis-
ition of an excellent bell weighing
4126 pounds, the largest in the Diocese.
It replaces a large one laso, procured
by Dean Laurent in I87O, which broke in
The Spring of 1893-
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The Basilians found in existence in
Assumption ^hurch the Archconfraternity
of the Most Roly Immaculate Heart of
Mary, the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin
for girls and the Association of the
Holy Childhood > all erected by the
Jesuits. In 1873 > after a mipsion.
Father Langcake, S«J», erected the
Apostleship of Prayer or League of the
Sacred Heart. Lastly, in lSf?6, the
Society of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus
and Mary united under its banner many
of the young men of the prtrishj^ and
has not ceaned to be a powerful instru-
ment of good for its members, and of
edification for the parish. Several
missions have been preached, the most
successful of \fhich were given by the
Redemptorists in I8S4 and by the Jesuits
in 1897.
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to t^x^^ '^^
y^om
Hot 03 on the Paxdsh of Assumption 130
From the successive division and sub-
divisions of the Mother-i3arish of the
Assumption during the latter half of
the century, many parishes have been
formed, among which Windsor is by far
the most important. The actual popul-
ation of the Sandwich parish is not in-
ferior to 2300 souls, mostly of French
Canadian blood. It claims the honor of
having given a large number of Nuns to
different congregations, and six priests
to the Church.
May the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and His
Blessed Mother, the Patroness of the
parish, preserve the morals, the strong
faith and the sincere piety of its
people, and give them a liberal spirit,
by v/hich they will appreciate more the
advantages of a Catholic Sollege at
Hones on the Pariah of Assumption I3I
their doors, and vd.ll be eager to pro-
cure for their sons a higher education
based on a sound religious fomation.
1^99-
(Transcribed fi^ora the copy in the
General Archives. This account was
printed in a local newspaper shortly-
after it vyas v/rittsn)
Bishop Borgesa 132
June 2, 1^86.
Very Rev. C. ^incent, C.S.B.
St. Michael's College, Toronto.
Very Rev. Sir,
As you have infomied us
that the Congregation of St. Basil is
willing to accept the pastoral charge
of St. Ann's Chiurch and congregation in
the City of d^troit, consisting of the
French-speaking catholics living within
the following described limits of said
city, viz: West of the center of Wood-
ward Avenue from the Detroit River to
the Nothern city limits; thence along
the Northern city limits West to the
River Rouge; thence along the ^iver
Rouge South to the Detroit |liver. We
hereby agree to give to the Congregation
of St. Basil the pastoral charge and the
financial administration of St. Ann's
Bishop Borgess 133
June 2, 1886.
Church and congregation, subject to the
laws of the chiirch and the statutes of
the Diocese of Detroit, upon the follow^
ing conditions:
(1) That the Congregation of St. Basil
obliges itself to appoint at least
two French-speaking priests of the Con-
gregation, approved by the Bishop of
Detroit, as pastors of St. Ann's Church
to minister to the spiritual wants of
that congregation.
(2) That the Congregation of St. Basil
shall open and maintain a parochial
school for the boys and the girls of
St. Ann's Congregation.
(3) That all the sermons and public in-
structions in St. Ann's Church, at
the principal services, must "be given
in the Fx*ench language; but that in the
parochial schools the French and English
languages shall be taught.
(4) That the Congregation of St. Basil
shall be at liberty to open a High
School, of College in the vicinity of St.
Ann's ^hurch.
(5) That the Rev. Pastors of St. Ann's
shall attend to all the spiritual wants
of the House of the Good Shepherd, as
long as said Community shall remain with-
in the limits of St. Ann's parish.
Bishop Borgess 134
June 2, 1686.
(6) That, if in the future the French
language shall cease to be the lan-
guage of the great majority, and St.
Ann*s shall become an English-speaking
congregation, suitable limits shall be
appointed for that congregation by the
Bishop of Detroit.
(7) That in case the Congregation of
St. Ann's shall not contribute the
amount of thirteen hundred ($1300.00)
dollars per annum — the salary of three
priests — the Fathers of the Congreg-
ation of St. Basil shall — a reasonable
time after notification having elapsed
— be at liberty to give up the pastoral
charge thereof and surrender said con-
gregation to the ^ishop of Detroit.
(8) It is moreover agreed that the
Fathers of the Congregation of St.
Basil shall take possession of St. Ann's
Church and congregation on the fifteenth
flay of July A.D. 1886.
(9) The present agreement shall remain
in force until cancelled by the
mutual consent of the contracting Psu:'ties,
excepting always the case provided for
in No. 7.
♦ Caspar H* Borgess,
Bp. of Detroit.
C.Vincent, Provincial C.S.B.
Detroit Seal Basilian Seal
(Transcribed from the original in the
General Archives)
nt
Father Francis Forster 135
December 13, 1923-
ST. MICHAEL'S CX)LLEGE
Toronto, Ontario
To the local superiors of colleges
Rev. and dear Father:
When in the course
of events a member of the Institute is
appointed to the post of local superior
of one of our schools responsibilities
of weighty character immediately become
his. He is placed at the head of a
group of religious and it becomes his
business to provide that religious life
be maintained in the house entrusted to
his keeping. He is placed at the head
of a group of teachers and it becomes
his business to see that each member of
his staff does his task efficiently.
The pupils of the school are entrusted
to his care for their formation and
Father Francis Forster I36
December 13, 1923-
their future will depend very much on
his administration of the schools A
property of considerable value is en-
trusted to him and it must be his bus-
iness to maintain it in good condition
and enhance its value as far as lies
in his power. It is impossible in a
single letter to touch upon all or the
major portion of the duties of a local
superior in the various capacities in-
dicated above but it is the business of
this letter to make a few suggestions
in connection with some of them.
As head of a group of religious, it is
the duty of the superior to know the
constitution well, to observe it him-
self and to have it observed by the
members of his house, A constitution
is necessary to religious life, '^he
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Father Francis Forster 137
December 13, 1923.
Church teaches this lesson plainly.
For more than a thousand years She has
refused to approve any Order or Con-
gregation before its founders have pre-
sented for Her examination the consti-
tution that is to guide the members in
the way of perfection, -^^'he constitution
must not be allowed to become a dead
letter. Every superior general on as-
suming office is reminded that his first
duty is to keep the constitution himself,
to see that it is observed by all, to
see that it remains intact always, that
nothing is subracted from it and nothing
added to it and no alteration made in
it and no new interpretation given to
it, except with the sanction of Rome.
Without the general faithful obsemrance
of the constitution no religious society
Father Francis Forster 138
December 13, 1923 •
can long continue to exist, for a soci-
ety must be one and it cannot become
one and continue one unless all its
members have a common norm in the form
of a written constitution that is in-
dependent of the varying wills and
aims of succeeding superiors.
The constitution, then, must not be per-
mitted to become a dead letter. We must
constantly keep it before our eyes and
follow its prescriptions.
Let me here call your attention to a
few of the prescriptions of our own
con^tutions.
The Constitution should be read puHLcly
to all the members of each house twice
a year in the months of January and Sep-
»no
ax
Father Francis Forster 139
December 13, 1923*
tember. It may not be advisable to
read every portion of the constitution
so often but certainly every article
ought to be read at least once during
the year. The purpose of the reading
is to remind the members of our duties
as Basilians. Hence the superior ought
not to be satisfied with the mere read-
ing of the Latin text. That text alone
is authoritative but for practical pur-
poses, the text should be turned into
the vernacular and read in the vernac-
ular. This can be done by the superior
or by a confrere sleeted by the superior
and then all will grasp the meaning.
The constitution prescribes a meeting
of the local council once a month.
Ifore meetings may be held. It is not
r ••«•
Father Francis Forster 140
December 13, 1923.
the intention of the constitution to
limit the number of council meetings*
But it is binding upon the superior to
assemble his council at least once a
month whether any matter requiring their
voice is up for consideration • I would
recommend that the regular monthly
neeting be held as near the beginning
of the month as possible, for a reason
that will appear later. I would also
advise the order of business at each
meeting be, first, matters requiring
deliberative voice, second, matters re-
quiring consultative voice, and lastly,
any points of discipline, academic work,
finance, etc. I'he treasurer should be
present whenever matters affecting his
department are concerned and his opinion
should be ascertained. He should have
Father Francis Forster 141
December 13, 1923.
a brief report for each monthly meet-
ing so that the council will be con-
stantly informed of the business con-
dition of the house. Minutes should
be kept of each meeting, when matters
are discussed in which the council has
a voice, there should always be a
Biinute to show that the monthly meeting
was held, whether any decisions were
reached or not. At these meetings the
council should discuss such questions
as these: Are the religious exercises
well attended? Are the teachers doing
their work in a satisfactory way? Is
the house being well lighted, well
heated? Is it kept clean? What about
the table in the dining iTOom? Is it
satisfactory? Is there neatness about
the house and premises? Are the stu-
Father Francis Forster 142
December 13, 1923.
dents working well? Do they come to
class prepared? What about work in the
study hall and in private rooms? What
about the discipline of the students?
What about their piety? How can we
overcome the weaknesses that appear in
the teaching of certain men? What step
should be taken to correct any abuse
that exists? If questions like these
are reviewed and discussed, the monthly
meetings of the council will always be
both interesting and profitable.
As soon as possible after the monthly
meeting of the council the local super-
ior should send to the superior general
his monthly report. All such reports
should be received so that they can be
reviewed at the monthly meeting of the
general council, ^hat report should
Father Francis Forster 143
December 13, 1923.
inform the general coimcil of the dis-
ciplinary, academic, financial and
material condition of the house* It is
the business of the local councillors
to send a report to the general council
every three months. These reports
should be forwarded at the beginning of
the month. If there is in the house a
director of scholastics, his report
should go forward at the same time
each month. The local superior might
mention to the parties concerned what
their duty is under the constitutions.
teth superior and treasurer should see
that no step, requiring the voice of
the council, is ever taken, until the
council has been heard. The superior
shoxild see that all records, which
ought to be kept, are carefully filed.
Father Francis Forster lUk
December 13, 1923 »
It is his business to know that the
treasurer's books are always in good
shape. He will satisfy himself that
finances are carefully handled, that
debts are paid promptly and accounts
collected promptly. The superior must
also train himself to answer correspon-
dence promptly and take care to keep
duplicates of all important letters he
writes and file with care all important
letters he receives.
The superior should also be observant
of the work of his confreres who are
priests: he should not allow them to
grow careless about the way they say
Mstss; he should urge them to sing Mass
and to preach as well as lies in their
pov/er and to hear confessions well.
Father Francis Forster 145
December 13, 1923-
The local superior is responsible for
the manner in which the rule is kept.
His first concern in this respect is to
see that all common religious exercises
are well attended and that those who
cannot be present at any common exercise
make it in private. He ou^t to see
that silence is kept during hours of
work and that the confreres remain in
their rooms during study hours and dur-
ing hours of class, when they are not
teaching themselves. He :±iould insist
on his staff retiring at the hour the
rule prescribes. He should see that
the rule of not entertaining visitors
or boys in their rooms is kept and that
his men keep their place, as far as
domestics and women visitors are concerned.
He should insist that none leave the
Father Francis Forster 146
December 13, 1923.
house without permission except on
holiday afternoons. He should warn
against going to theatres and moving
picture shows. Occasionally the theatre
may have something to offer that is
worth while. Visits to it should be
rare, however, and only with the per-
raission of the superior. He should see
that the rule of retiring at 10 is
observed.
The rule is being re-written and copies
will soon be forwarded to local super-
iors. Hence, it will not be necessary
to say more about the rule here.
One of the most important of the duties
of the local superior is to give cor-
rective advice. None of us is perfects
We all make mistakes and of sane of
Father Francis Forster 147
December 13 > 1923.
these mistakes we are quite unconscious-
They take away from our effectiveness.
Whiel the duty may be unpleasant, the
superior should not hesitate to dis-
charge it. It is a grave mistake to
permit a man to become habituated to
any weakness.
The duties of the superior towards the
students is indicated in our motto:
"Doce me bonitatem, et disciplinam et
scientiam.^ A supervision of the work
of teaching religious knowledge, of
the students* efforts to get this know-
ledge, a watchfulness over the manner
in i^ich prayers are said by the boys,
the way Mass is heard by them, and th#
sacraments received, together with
devotional services in the chapel and
a regular course of sermons to the
Father Francis Forster 14^
December 13, 1923.
students, are among the important duties
of the superior as principal. Talks to
them outside the chapel on such subjects
as honest work, neatness, order, obser-
vance of rule, avoidance of wasteful-
ness and wilful damage, truthfulness,
clean language, correct English, gentle-
»8uily conduct, etc. are likewise very
important* As for the academic work, I
do not think it necessary to speak ♦
Before closing, I want to say a word
about the wisdom of clinging to the
rule of the Basilians for both staff
and students • It was a rule built upon
experience and it had results where it
was faithfully kept. Our failures are
to be ascribed in large measure to its
neglect. No superior should think of
Father Francis Forster 149
December 13, 1923.
changing it or dropping it until he has
had the deliberate approval of his
council and the decision has been con-
firmed by the general council. Religi-
ous cannot be made without a rule and
they cannot succeed in their work with-
out an observance of their rule. Cath-
olic boys cannot be built up into good,
staunch Catholic men unless in their
school days they are subjected to dis-
cipline. Superiors will be wise in
insisting on discipline and by that I
mean, Basilian discipline, not a discip-
line that is invented to displace Bas-
ilian discipline. The nearer we hew
to the old line, the better we shall
succeed and the fewer changes in the
old rule we stand for, the more we will
accomplish during the term of our ad-
ministration.
Father Francis Forster 150
December 13, 19^3.
With every good wish, I am
Yours very faithfully,
F. Forster.
(Transcribed from the copy in the
General Archives)
Father Francis Forster 151
December 15, 1923*
ST* MICHAEL'S COLLEGE
Toronto, Ontario
To the BasLlian Fathers in charge of
parishes —
Rev. and dear Father:
It is very impor-
tant that our priests should bear in
mind that they do not cease to be, do
not become less religious, Basilian
religious, when they are assigned to
parish work.
Like members of the Institute in col-
leges, they are obliged to the same
common exercises of meditation, spir-
itual examen, visit to the Blessed
Sacrament after the noonday meal, spir-
itual reading and night prayer. Their
private exercises of piety will always
include daily recitation of a third
Father Francis Forster 152
December 15, 1923.
part of the Rosary and a visit to the
Blessed Sacrament of at least ten
fflinutes*
The hour for rising in parish houses
is the same as in colleges and it is
immediately followed by a brief morning
prayer and meditation for half an hour.
*>piritual reading and spiritual exaraen
take the last half hour before the noon-
day meal, Ni^t prayer accoirding to the
old inile takes place at nine o'clock and
at that time the points of the morning
meditation are read* The hour for this
exercise may be anticipated when it is
foreseen that the community will be en-
gaged at that hour. If a visit to some
family is necessary in the evening, the
priest making the visit will return in
Father Francis Forster 153
December 15, 1923.
time for night prayer and after that
hour no calls should be made unless
they are sick calls*
Each day in the parish house has its
program of work just as in college*
After a short recreation folloi-zing
breakfast, the morning up to the time
fixed for spiritual reading should be
spent in study, in preparation of ser-
mons, in keeping parish accounts, in-
scribing parish records or in visitation
of the schools* In town schools a half
hour a week should be spent in teaching
catechism in each room. Each room in
countiry schools should be visited once
a month for the same purpose. It is the
office of the parish priest to make ar-
rangements for the discharge of this
duty. It is his office also to make as
Father Francis Forster 154
December 15, 1923*
adequate provision as possible for the
regular religious instruction of such
children as attend public schools.
Bach priest engaged in parish work is
entitled to one afternoon a week, from
the time of the visit to the Blessed
Sacrament to the hour of the evening
meal, free from regtjlar duty. In pro-
viding for this the parish priest will
see to it that one priest is left at
home to take care of sick-calls and
business calls** the other afternoons
of the week shall be devoted as far as
necessary to parish visitation, "^he
parish priest will make it his business
to see that each family in the parish
and missions is visited at least twice
a year. In parishes to which missions
Father Francis Forster 155
December 1$, 1923*
are attached, the parish priest will
try to keep in touch with each mission
by personal visits at least once in the
year. In the case of delinquent Cath-
olics the pastor should aim to have
them called upon once a month, if they
reside in town and once in two months
if they reside in the country. The
drawing up of the program of parish
visitation devloves upon the pastor and
his assistants will devote themselves
to it according to his plan.
All priests engated in parish work are
recommended to devote two mornings a
week to the preparation of sermons.
Afternoons not required for parish
visitation should be employed in study.
Father Francis Forster 156
December 15, 1923.
The evenings should be devoted to in-
struction of catechumehs, to meetings
of societies and to the transaction of
business with parishioners at the rec-
tory. Only in case of necessity should
there be visitation of parivshioners
after the evening meal.
A conference on moral, pastoral, dog-
matic theology, or on liturgy should be
held at a fixed time in the rectory
every two weeks.
If the parish priest gives no spiritual
conference twice a month, he should, if
he is at tho same time rector, make
from time to time whatever obse3rvations
are necessary to preseinre discipline
and secure effective work.
Apart from sick-calls and the- one free
Father Francis Forster 157
December 15, 1923.
afternoon a week, assistants will al-
ways secure permission from the rector
before leaving the premises.
Social visits to parishioners are for-
bidden, unless rarely the pastor deems
such advisable. In such case, as far
as possible, at least two of the com-
munity should go together.
At the summer session of the General
Council, 1923, it was decided to send
the following notices to parish priests.
1. Begin all ^-'hurch services promptly
on the hour set.
2. Avoid long services.
3« Announcements and sermon at the prin-
cipal Mass hould not exceed, except
on rare occasions, 20 to 25 minutes;
evening sermons 15 to 20 minutes, sermons
and announcements at other than the
principal Mass, 10 minutes.
Father Francis Forster 158
December 15, 1923*
if* Make the announcements as fe\f and as
brief as possible and avoid long
comments upon them.
5. Take up no collection at ordinary
Sunday evening service and First
Friday devotions.
6. Scrupulously avoid using the pulpit
for scolding or "lecturing" the con-
gregation. The people are present who
do not need the censure; those v/ho do
need it are not there to hear it.
7* Beware of talking money regularly
from the pulpit. A plain statement
of the finances of the parish once or
twice a year will be better received
and just as effective.
8. Avoid introducing into the liturgy
of the Church services any devotions
not prescribed or recommended by Home
or by the Ordinary of the Diocese.
At that session of the General Council,
it was also decided that a conference
of our parish priests should be held as
soon as possible in ^oronto^ the object
being to try to establish uniformity of
administration, as far as diocesan
Father Francis Forster 159
December 15, 19^3*
statutes permit^ In the various par-
ishes of which we have charge • Parish
priests will receive notice of the time
shortly after the Christmas holiday*
Permit me here to call your attention
to the necessity of observing the Con-
stitution and the rule^ For more than
a thousand years the Church has insisted
on e xamining and approving the Consti-
tution of each new religious organization
that sought from Her recognition and
approval. Only a written Constitution
can preserve the unity of a Congregation.
Without it men follow their own bent
and views and practices are always
changing •
All tlie members of the Institute should
be familiar with the Constitution. It
Father Francis Forster 160
December 15, 1923*
smist be read twice a year, in January
and SeptafJiber, in common in each of our
houses. It is for parish priests to
see that this practice is followed in
their houses^ The original Latin text
alone is authoritative but the reading
should be rendered in the vernacular,
otherwise, the end of the reading —
familiarity with the text — v/ill not
be obtained. Men engaged in parish
work should make note not only of what
concerns them as Basilians, but also
of what concerns them in the present
position they occupy and they should
strive to make their lives conform ex-
actly with the Constitution, ■'^hey
ought to familiarize themselves partic-
ularly with Chapter 1X117.
Father Francis Forster l6l
December 15, 1923.
In parishes the religious exercises
should be held as faithfully and as
regularly as in colleges • Silence should
be observed during the hours of work and
men should be found in their own rooms
during the hours assigned for study*
There should be silence from the end of
the evening exercise until the break-
fast hour. The rule governing the times
of rtsing and retiring should not be
neglected.
Parish priest should send in a written
report every month, as near the beginn-
ing of the month as possible in order
that it may be read at the monthly meet-
ing of the gneral council. The report
should inform the council, how the rule
is observed, hov/ the work is being done.
Father Francis Forster 162
December 15, 1923-
what the financial condition is* Any-
happening of conseuence affecting the
parish or the local community should
also be communicated. The idea of the
monthly letter is to keep the General
Council informed of conditions in the
local house and parish* The annual re-
port and the financial statement at the
end of the year should be more compre-
hensive. Copies of the latter and also
of the annual report sent to the Ordin-
ary should be kept in the archives of
the parish. If any parish priest has
not got a suitable filing cabinet he
should lose no time in procuring one.
In the archives he should file care-
fully all communications of importance
from the bishop of the %ocese and from
the General Council, also copies of
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Decembar 13* 1923*
contracts that concern the parish of
the community, also copies of letters
of importance that the parish priest
himself writes and any data that my
later prove of value when the history
of the parish is being written. The
parish priest whould be careful to keep
all books of accounts posted up to date^
to be prompt and exact in entering
necessary records into the parish regis-
ters* The bank account that they have
of parish funds should be distinct from
the bank account they have of community
monies. No bank account should be in
the name of one individual in our par-
ishes any more than in our colleges.
The accDunts should be placed with the
bank so that one other member of the
local house besides the parish priest
Father Francis Forster 164
December 15, 1923*
can draw out the money. One never
knows what raay happen to himself and
he should not trust to a will in case
of raoney of which he is only a trustee.
Parish priests should keep the parish
registers, books of accounts and all
important papers in a place secure
against fire. They should destroy
nothing of importance at the end of
their term of office.
Parish priest should make no alterations
or improvements nor contract any debts
of consequence without the permission
of the gneral council and the consent
of the Ordinary of the diocese as well
in connection with any property that
belongs to the parish. If the property
belong to the Institute, the permission
Father Francis Forster 165
December 15, 1923*
of the Bishop is not necessary in the
case but the permission of the General
^ouncil is always necessary •
In the ordinary parish, some of the
revenue belongs to the parish, some
belongs to the parish priest or the
Congregation he represents if he is a
religious^ What revenues belong to the
parish and what belong to the pastor is
determined by the statutes of the dio-
cese or by custom or by contract • What
belongs to the parish should be expended
only in the interest of the parish.
What in the ordinary case belongs to
the parish priest in the case of our
parishes belongs to the Institute. The
parish priest is administrator for the
parish of the funds of the parish and
Father Francis Forster 166
December 15, 1923-
for the Institute of the funds of the
Institute, He expends out of the lat-
ter what is necessary for the support
of the local comraunity in a manner be-
coming religious and the rest it is
his duty to turn over to the General
treasury, unless the parish is connec-
ted with one of our own houses* ^'his
is an important fact and parish priests
should bear it in mind, and be governed
accordingly.
The rule of the Congregation is being
re-written at the present time. As soon
as the work is completed, a copy will
be forwarded to each house. The heads
of the houses will communicate it with-
out delay to the members and put it into
force without delay in any points in
which it is being overlooked.
Father Francis Forster 167
December 15 > 1923 v
A final word- In some respects the man
engaged in parish work is at a disad-
vantage in comparison with the college
man* ^'he latter has a definite program
for every hour of the day and every day
of the year and he rarely encounters
anything to interfere with his program*
The parish man finds his plans disturbed
very often. In many cases he must
create his own program of work. While
some are alviays busy, working from
early morning until late at night others
fail to realize the work they might be
doing or through lack of system in their
work accomplish little. Yet there is
no reason why the man in college should
be employed for more hours a day than
the man in the parish. The work in col-
lege is not more important. From time
Father Francis Forster 163
December 15 ^ 1923*
to time, because of the greater danger
of developing idle ways in parish work,
the priest in the parish should review
his use of time. He should ask himself
what he has done during the day, during
the past week, during the past year,
since his appointment to the parish.
If he has planned his work well and has
been faithfully engaged in it, the re-
sult will be evident in an increased
attendance at church services, increased
nuimbers of confessions and Communions,
a growth in the societies, a number of
conversions made, an improvement in his
preaching and in his method of teaching
catechism, ^his side of parish work is
not so patent as the material and fin-
ancial side, but, while the latter is
important, the spiritual is still more
Father Francis Forstsr 169
December 15, 1923-.
important. It will reveal itself on
examination. If one finds that fche re-
auXt is not satisfactory, he should see
whether he is failing throiigh want of
system in his work or through neglect
and take measures accordingly*
Pastors will kindly inform their assis-
tants of the details of this letter
that are of concern to them.
With best wishes, I am.
Yours very sincerely
(F. Forster)
(Transcribed from the copy in the
General Archives)
Father Francis Forster 170
October 5, 1925.
ST. BASIL'S SCHOLASTICATE
Rev, and dear Father:
Following ^e re-»
solutions of the General Chapter of the
Basilian Fathers, held at St. Michael's
College August 11-15, 1925, which are
of general concern and which you are
requested therefore to bring to the
attention of the members of your house:
!• Re Mass stipends. Casuals, etc. —
(a) All Mass stipends. Casuals, etc.,
received by members, must be
promptly deposited in the local
treasury.
(b) Each priest member is allowed to
say Masses at the rate of two a
month for his private intention.
(c) On the death of a parent a mem-
ber is allowed to say ten Masses
for the repose of the soul of
the deceased.
(d) On the death of a grandparent a
member is allowed to say five
Masses for the repose of the
soul of the deceased.
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October 5, 1925 •
(e) On the death of a brother or
sister, including the wife or
husband of the same, a member is
allowed to say five Masses for
the repose of the soul of the
deceased.
(f ) On the death of an uncle or aunt,
a first cousin, a nephew or niece,
a member is allowed to say one
Mass for the repose of the soul
of the deceased*
2* Re Vocations:
A resolution was passed requesting
that in each of our houses special
prayers be added to the Novena before
the feast of the Presentation this
year for vocations to the Institute.
3« Re morning prayer:
A resolution was passed to add to
the usual invocations of morning
prayer the follov/ing:
St* Basil, pray for us.
St. Thomas, pray for us.
St. Francis of Assisi, pray for us*
Yours faithfully,
<F. Forster>
Superior General*
(Transcribed from the copy in the
General Archives)
Father Francis Forster 172
October 30, 1925.
ST. MICHAEL'S COLLEGE
Toronto, Ontario
To Local Superiors.
Rev. and dear Father:
I should like to
call your attention to certain prescrip-
tions of the Constitution and of the
Codex.
1. Art. 138 of the Constitution pro-
vides for a director of Scholastics in
houses which have more than two schol-
astics on the staff. The election of
the Director is regulated by Art. 404,
Ho. 13 and the confirmation by Arts,
301, No. 9 and 4O6. The local superior
discharges this office when the number
of scholastics on his staff is limited
to one or two. Art. 374 provides that
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October 30, 1925*
the Director of Scholastics shall re-
ceive the vows of the scholastics unless
some other member is delegated to dis-
charge this office by the Superior
General.
It follows from these prescriptions of
the Constitution that the local council
should in the beginning of the year
choose the local Director and forward
the name to the Superior General for
confirmation* The validity of the re-
newal of vows is at stake, for the local
superior as such has no power under the
Constitution to preside at a renewal of
vows. While this is the most serious
aspect of the matter the Constitution
places practically the same responsib-
ilities on the Director of Scholastics
Father Francis Forster 174
October 30, 1925.
in the local house as rest with the
Master of Scholastics in the house of
studies, responsibilities that cannot
be neglected without the gravest con-
sequences.
2. The Codex provides for the appoint-
ment of Confessors and Chaplains to
sisterhoods* It is the exclusive right
of the Ordinary of the diocese to make
the nominations. In case religious are
named the permission of the superiors
of the Institute is required, exception
being made for the manner of appoint-
ment in case of exempt religious. See
Canons 51S ff, particularly 524, 525,
529, and 374- These Canons make it
plain that all confessors and all chap-
lains are appointed by the Ordinary of
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October 30, 1925.
the diocese and that if religious are
selected the permission of their super-
iors must be obtaine for licit exercise
of the office. See Constitution, Art.
415, also«
Local superiors are reminded of their
duty to see that the Constitution is
faithfully observed in their houses,
'^hey should make it a point to know the
Constitution thoroughly. They are re-
commended also to make an effort to be-
come familiar with that part of the
Codex that treats of religious. They
are likewise urged to read several
times a year the Chapter of the Consti-
tution that treats of Local Superiors
in order that they may not lose sight
of the duties of their own particular
office.
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October 30, 192?.
Hereto is attached a letter of instruc-
tions for the local Director of Schol-
astics •In your house if the number of
scholastics is limited to one or two,
you are invited to keep it for your
guidance; otherwise hand it over to the
Director of Scholastics,
Tours very sincerely,
F. Forster.
(Transcribed from the original in the
General Archives)
Father Francis Forster 177
November 1, 1925.
ST. MICHAEL'S COLLEGE
Toronto, Ontario
Local Director of Scholastics,
Rev. and dear Father:
Permit me to point
out briefly the duties of your office
as outlined in the Constitution.
1. Art. 374 calls upon the Director of
Scholastics to exercise a supervision
over the religious formation of the
scholastics. It will be his business
to see that the scholastics keep the
rxile. It will be his business to see
that they attend the religious exer-
cises. It is not his business to
assign their work in the house nor to
direct that work. This is the function
of the superior or the director of
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November 1, 1925.
studies or discipline. It is not his
business to grant permissions to the
scholastics. That, too, is the business
of the superior. But it is his business
to see that the studies of the schol-
astics are faithfully pursued.
The Director of scholastics should make
himself familiar with the Articles of
the Constitution on the Scholasticate
and the Master. of Scholasticate, for in
these articles he virill find the duties
of his office fully explained. He is
recommended to study also the Articles
of the Constitution dealing with the
virtue and the vow of poverty. Arts.
50-72, paying particular attention to
Art. 53 f since a violation of that num-
ber is a violation of the vow. He will
do well to speak of this to the schol-
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November 1, 1925.
astics several times during the course
of the year*
2. Once a month the Director of Schol-
astics will write to the Superior Gen-
eral about the young men specially com-
mitted to his care, reporting on their
observance of the rule, their progress
in their studies, their piety, health,
and any matter of interest concerning
their good.
3« At least three weeks before the
close of the school year, he should
consult with the superior and the priests
of the house and then recommend the yoting
men to renewal of vows, unless condi-
tions are found unfavorable. The calls
to vows all depend upon the General
Council f fhey cannot vote intelligently
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November 1, 1925 »
unless they have full reports from the
director of scholastics.
4» In case the period for renewal of
vows comes in the course of the school
year, the local director will carry out
the above instruction about six weeks
in advance of the date of renewal.
5» The director is reminded that vows
must be renewed exactly on the anniver-
sary of the date when they were first
Blade e A delay of a single day would
invalidate the vows. For this reason
the director of scholastics should keep
track of the day of renewal of each
scholastic.
6. A retreat of eight full days is re-
quired before renewal of vows and final
profession. The director will either
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November 1, 1925-
conduct the retreat in person or secure
the services of a qualified confrere
for the work* He will bear in mind
that there is no warrant in the Codex
for counting some previous retreat as
a preparation for a renewal of vows*
The retreat ought to take place immedi-
ately before the day of renewal* And
since the taking of vows is a very ser-
ious matter, the director ought to see
that ii serious retreat is made* In
case of a final profession, it is re-
commended that it be made with as much
ceremony as possible, with at least as
much ceremony as is observed in the
Novitiate for first vows* A sermon on
the occasion would be appropriate and
the presence of all the members of the
house as far as possible*
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November 1, 1925-
?• Final vows cannot be made until the
candidate is full 21 years of age. Art.
26.
8. The director presides at each renewal
and final profession in his house. If
he foresees that he will not be able to
discharge the office it will be his
duty to notify the Superior General in
good time so that a delegate may be
named.
8. Immediately after the renewal or
final profession the record is entered
in the register of vows, signed by the
candidate, by the presiding officer and
at least two witnesses. Two copies of
the register, signed by the same parties
are to be forwarded immediately to the
General Archives. This is a very impor-
Father Francis Forster 183
November 1» 1925*
tant matter. The Church wants indisput-
able evidence of eveiry religious pro-
fession*
9# Besides the register of vows^ the
Director of scholastics is expected to
keep an examination register, in which
he records the results of the examin-
ations passed by the scholastics in his
charge •
10. At the end of the year the director
is requested to leave the two registers
with the local superior, who will in
the beginning of the new year pass them
on to the Director of the year*
Yours very sincerely,
F* Forster.
(Transcribed from the original in the
General Archives)
Father Francis Forster 1^4
December 29, 1926.
BASILIAN FATHERS
Toronto, Canada
The Curia
21 St. Mary Street
TO LOCAL SUPERIORS
Reverend and dear Father:—
At its last
meeting the General Council devoted
the session to a consideration of the
condition of religious life in our
houses and to a consideration of the
ways and means to maintain and streng-
then the religious spirit. It r^nains
my duty to communicate to you the re-
commendations of the Council. First
permit two preliminaries.
There is an article in our Constitution
that calls for a monthly conference on
things spiritual. That article is a
Father Francis Forster 185
December 29, 1926.
cause of iineasiness at times, particul-
arly to new and to young superiors.
They want to observe the Constitution
in every detail but they are at a loss
to know just how they can discharge the
duty imposed by that article. They
realize that the conference is their
peculiar work and yet they find it
difficult to speak for the want of
suitable matter. There need not be any
great difficulty, however. At these
conferences piety must be discussed,
reularity must be discussed, study and
work must be discussed. Even such
simple matters as order and neatness
will call for comment. In the case of
schools, the piety, work, progress,
conduct and discipline of the students
will be discussed. The obligation of
Father Francis Forster 186
December 29, 1926.
the vows, particularly of the vow of
poverty, will claim a place in the
conferences •
^he local superior need have no mis-
givings^ He need not fear his obser-
vations will be resented. They will be
welcomed. For our members have entered
religious life in order that their in-
dividual lives may be directed by a
rule and by the living voice of the
superior. It is a religious heresy to
bold that a member of a community must
be left to work out his own salvation,
as it is a false principle to hold that
the novice at teaching and discipline
must stand sole^ on his own feet. In
both spheres each member is entitled to
support and he has a right to look to
his superior for that support. The
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December 29, 1926.
superior on the other hand may think
his duty is done if he furnishes good
example. Example is powerful but it is
not enough. Only a brief experience is
sufficient to prove this. The local
superior will find it necessary to
speak at times, roughly once a month
and to speak occasionally with firm-
ness. But he will do well to avoid
personalities in his conferences. He
will do well not to spoil a perfectly
good talk by making it take the form
of a growl or a sarcastic criticism.
Occasionally his general remarks will
fail to produce the expected effect and
it will then be his business to have a
private interview with the careless or
indifferent member. In the face of an
abuse or a weakness in any member that
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December 29» 1926.
injTires his usefulness or stands in the
way of his greater usefulness, no dread
of the pain he will inflict and no per-
sonal intimacy can justify silence on
the superior's part. This much can be
taken for certain: he cannot have a
well-regulated house if he fails to hold
spiritual conferences or if he fails to
speak firmly at times; he will gain in
respect and esteem by an unflinching
discharge of this trying duty.
1» When it is question of piety, the
Divine Office has its place, for most
of our members are priests, obliged to
say the Office. Some men will grow into
a sort of forgetfulness that the Divine
Office is a prayer. They will be con-
tent if, day by day, they say it in its
entirety from the Aperi to the Sacro-
sanctae. They will make it a point
Father Francis Forster 1S9
December 29, 1926,
never to anticipate, even when there is
not the sli^test difficulty in the way.
^hey will develop the habit of deferr-
ing the Office to the very end of the
day. Then they will say it with undue
haste, ver>' likely neglecting to con-
sult the Ordo in advance, risking the
danger of saying the wrong office,
satisfied with the principle, Officiura
pro officio. They will assume any pos-
ture in saying the office and say it
anywhere, even in the midst of company,
and they will interrupt it at any point
without reason. Benefit will come to
them when they are urged to bear in
mind that they should say the Divine
Office reverently and say it seasonably
at fixed times every day. The same
carelessness will follow some members
Father Francis Forster 190
December 29, 1926.
to the altar* They will say Mass with-
out consulting the Ordo in advance*
They will say it without due attention
to the rubrics. When they take part
in solemn functions they will neglect
to prepare in advance the ceremonies
that pertain to them, nor will the
ritual be scrupulously followed by them
in the administration of the Sacraments.
Thanksgiving after I4ass will be hurried
through. Sometimes it will be made in
a sitting posture, when there is no
reason for this or it will be made out-
side the church or chapel altogether
contrary to the practice of the commun-
ity from the very beginning. At spiri-
tual exercises postures will be assumed
that scandalize newly-professed members
and simply invite sleep. The private
Father Francis Forster 191
December k,9, 1926.
visit to the Blessed Sacrament will be
put off to an unseasonable hour or
neglected altogether •
2, When it is question of regularity,
unless the superior emphasizes the ne-
cessity of it from time to time, some
members will absent themselbes now and
then from meditation and the other com-
munity exercises, particularly the ex-
amen. And when they have been absent
they will neglect to report to the sup-
erior. If they do not absent themselves
altogether, some will come late almost
habitually to these exercises. If
nothing is ever said, some members
whom duty keeps away from the common
exercises will not make them elsewhere
at the same time or afterwards. Some
Father Francis Forster 192
December 29, 1926.
will develop the habit of being late
for class, late for meals, and late for
bed. They will be late in beginning
their private B5ass and thus inconveni-
ence those who follow them. If they
say a Mass for the people or give public
benediction in the church or hold a ser-
vice for some other community, again
they will be late and serious inconveni-
ence a whole congregation or community.
3» When it is question of silence, if
the superior fails to speak, some mem-
bers will be found talking anywhere and
any time, even during the per5,od of
grand silence. They will talk as freely
during hours of study as during hours
of recreation, wasting their own time
and the time of their listeners and
Father FrancisForster 193
December 29 > 1926.
disturbing their neighbors. They will
talk on the way to say Mass, in the
sacristy, and on occasion even in the
sanctuary in the presence of the Bless-
ed Sacrament.
4* When it is question of recreation,
if nothing is said by the superior, some
members will find it necessary to go to
town nearly every day. At times they
will find it necessary to go out in the
morning and even after supper in the
evening. A few will find that a stroll
before retiring is necessary to ensure
a night *s sleep, '^o have order the
rule must be kept before the eyes of
the members and the rule reads that re-
creations shall be taken at home, the
members being free only two afternoons
a week to go to town 'vithouu permission.
Father Francis Forster 194
December 29, 1926.
And this rule implies that to justify
asking or granting peinnission at an-
other time there should be a special
reason.
5» When it is question of work and
study, the superior will find it necess-
ary, in order to ensure good results
from the labor of his staff, to urge
thea to get to their rooms promptly at
study hours and stick to their tasks
at their desks, resisting the temptation
to employ their time in reading of use-
less books and magazines. Superiors
will also find it necessary to condemn
strongly the visiting of confreres
during the hours of study. If they
have no definite work to prepare, they
can spend their time profitably in
private study.
Father Francis Forster 195
December 29, 1926.
6, "inhere is another subject that is
not spiritual in itself but contributes
auch to the spirituality of a religious
house, I mean, order, neatness and tidi-
ness, and upon this threefold subject
the superior ought to speak at. times*
Some may incline to the view that super-
iors are electi ad altiora. This matter
is serious enough to claim their atten-
tion. If a religious house is untidy
or dirty, the laity conceive about as
much disgust as they do in the case of
misconduct. And we have to remember,
too, that religious do not live alone.
Members who are tidy find community
life very trying when they are obliged
to associate with others who are in-
different to their personal appearance
or to t^ie order and cleanliness of the
Father Francis Forster 196
December 29, 1926.
house, ^'here is no excuse for untidy
rooms, untidy desks, untidy closets or
wardrobes in a religious house. There
is Just one reason for it and that
reason is laziness. Men may be hard
workers in some other respects but if
they are untidy in that respect they are
lazy. It is not a question of lack of
taste and it is never a question of
being too busy. It is A question simply
of not having the courage to make the
necessary effort to keep desk and ward-»
robe and room tidy. Untidiness is a
grave weakness in a superior, a real
disqualification in a treasurer and it
is discreditable to the private member.
There i^oiild never be a single untidy
room an3rwhere in any of our houses nor
an untidy yard about them. No local
Father Francis Forster 197
December 29, 1926.
superior is doing his duty to his house
or to his community who tolerates it.
?• In the last place the attention of
superiors is once more called to the
matter of p)overty. Here local superiors
have a difficult taks. We have taken
the ordinary simple vow of poverty ap-
proved by the Church and made obligatiory
by the Chui^ch for all Congregations of
simple vows. Our position is not what
it was. Our members have been accustom-
ed to spend a limited sum of money each
year and to spend that limited sum as
they pleased, whether they found it
necessary tospend it or not, and to
spend it without being required to have
permission in advance. Now they cannot
dispose of anything without permission,
^hey are no longer entitle to any fixed
Father Francis Forster 19^
December 29, 1926.
sum. '^'hey are entitled simply to what
is necessary for their needs and legit-
imate recreations. If their require-
ments call for substantially the same
sum as they spent in the past they are
entitled to that amount. If their re-
quirements call for more they are en-
titled to more and superiors cannot re-
fuse the larger sum. If their needs
call for less the superior is not free
to allow thera more. *Hiperiors should
make an effort to see that all Mass
intention money, as well as casuals
finds its way to the house treasury.
Individual members ought not to ask
permission and superiors ought not to
give them permission to spend Mass
stipends or casuals that have not passed
first into the local treasury. Superiors
Father Francis Forster 199
December 29> 1926.
should themselves understand and make
plain to all that there is no connec-
tion at all between the stipends they
hand in and the disbursements from the
treasury for their needs. Our view-
point must change. We are not entitled
to the equivalent of the Masses we ac-
quit. The practice of the past is a
guide for the superior and the treasurer
alone. In the past it was the intention
of the community that each member should
have a modest little sura for peiaonal
expenses. That sum was secured largely
from Mass stipends. Now the superior
must provide for each out of the common
treasury. The practice of the past will
be a valuable guide for the superior
still, but it has no concern for the
private member. He will ask for and
Father Francis Forster 200
December 29, 1926.
the superior will give him v^at is
necessary to meet his needs and the
expense of his legitimate recreations.
In this matter local superiors have a
grave responsibility* By obstinately
clinging to the old practice and view-
point as well they can make a mockery
of the vow of poverty and they have it
in their power to establish the right
viewpoint and a reasonable and satis-
factory practice, quite consistent v/ith
the vow of poverty and substantially as
acceptable as our former practice.
Religious superiors and members must be
solicitous about tlie virtue as well as
the vow of poverty. The latter is only
violated when one disposes of things
without permission, ^he former is vio-
lated when luxury is indulged, extrav-
Father Francis Forster 201
Deceraber 29, 1926.
agance pennitted or waste allowed. The
latter binds the individual religious,
the former binds the individual, it
binds the superior and the council and
the treasurer. The local house must
not indulge luxury or extravagance any
more than the individual. And the indiv-
idual and the house are both bound to
avoid waste. It is particularly the
business of the superior to see that
there is no wanton destruction of prop-
erty, to see that the property is pro-
tected against injury and it is the
particular business of the superior
and treasurer to see that the house is
kept in a good state of repair, as well
as to see that it is decently furnished,
heated, lighted and cleaned. It is the
duty of the individual member to see
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December 29, 1926.
that the house does not suffer loss ot
injury through his waste of light, water,
steam or abuse of fumituie, books, etc.
In conclusion let me repeat that rel-
igious ought not to be left to work out
their own salvation, '^•hey are en-
titled to the assistance of an enforced
rule and to the guidance of their sup-
erior. A house will not prosper if a
superior is not vigilant to see weak-
nesses and abuses or if he is too timid
to speak. Every local superior who
hopes that his administration will prove
a blessing to the house he presides over
and the religious he directs must be
observant and he must have the courage
to speak in season and with vigor. A
blind and dumb superior and a timid
superior is a dangerous man. On the
Father Francis Forster 203
December 29, 1926*
contrary a superior who is watchful,
never permitting abuses to creep in or
to go unrebuked, who is insistent on
regularity, who stands for order and
^neatness throughout his house will prove
^ blessing to his confreres and find
his administration a success*
Trusting that the remarics made above
will assist you, Reverend Father, in
the discharge of your office and taking
this occasion to wish you and all the
members of your house a very happy and
bright New Year, I am
Yours very sincerely,
<F» Porster>
Superior General,
(Transcribed from the copy in the
General Archives)
